Etymology

peripheral

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Today it means: On the periphery or boundary. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English peripher(y) ← Middle French peripherie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερί (perí)
  3. Ancient Greekπερῐ- (perĭ-)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  6. Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
  7. Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
  8. Ancient Greekπεριφέρω (periphérō)
  9. Ancient Greekπεριφερής (peripherḗs)
  10. Ancient Greekπεριφέρεια (periphéreia)
  11. Latinperipheria
  12. Middle Frenchperipherie
  13. Englishperipher(y)
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. English todayperipheral

From peripher(y) + -al.

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