coelanaglyphic

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*glewbʰ-“to split”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀναγλυφή“a work in low relief”
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱewh₁-“to swell; to be strong”
4. Ancient Greek · derived fromκοῖλος“hollow; concave; a cavity, hollow”
5. English todaycoelanaglyphic

From coel- (a variant of coelo- (prefix meaning ‘hollow’)) + anaglyphic (“relating to an anaglyph”), modelled after French coilanaglyphique. Coelo- is derived from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow; concave; a cavity, hollow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell; to be strong”)), while anaglyphic is derived from anaglyph (“decorative ornament worked in low relief or bas relief”) (from Ancient Greek ἀναγλυφή (anagluphḗ, “a work in low relief”), from ανα- (ana-, prefix meaning ‘above; upward’) + γλῠ́φειν (glŭ́phein) (the active infinitive of γλῠ́φω (glŭ́phō, “to carve, engrave”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to split”))) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

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