English
hypostrophe
Hypostrophe comes from Ancient Greek ὑποστρέφω ‘to turn round or back’, and goes back to στρέφω.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρέφω‘to turn’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑποστρέφωhupostréphō‘to turn round or back’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑποστροφήhupostrophḗ
- Englishearliest quotation 1871hypostrophe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρέφω‘to turn’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑποστρέφωhupostréphō‘to turn round or back’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑποστροφήhupostrophḗ
- Englishearliest quotation 1871hypostrophe
Earliest quotation: 1871, C. A. Wunderlich, The Course of the Temperature in Febrile Diseases: “Whenever the temperature remains elevated, however slightly, and generally…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek στρέφω ‘to turn’
Today it means
noun The act of a patient turning himself or herself.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek στρέφω / hypostrophe