peripheria

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Ancient Greek περί (perí)

Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-)

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti

Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō

Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)

Ancient Greek περιφέρω (periphérō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Proto-Hellenic *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)

Ancient Greek περιφερής (peripherḗs)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.

Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)

Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia)bor.

Latin peripherīa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia).

Noun

peripherīa f (genitive peripherīae); first declension

1. circumference
2. periphery

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	peripherīa	peripherīae
genitive	peripherīae	peripherīārum
dative	peripherīae	peripherīīs
accusative	peripherīam	peripherīās
ablative	peripherīā	peripherīīs
vocative	peripherīa	peripherīae

Derived terms

• peripheriālis, peripherālis

Descendants

• Catalan: perifèria
• French: périphérie
• Galician: periferia
• Italian: periferia
• Portuguese: periferia
• Romanian: periferie
• Russian: периферия (periferija)
• Spanish: periferia

References

• “peripheria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "peripheria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “peripheria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.