The story
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Ancient Greekπερί (perí)
- Ancient Greekπερῐ- (perĭ-)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
- Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
- Ancient Greekπεριφέρω (periphérō)
- Ancient Greekπεριφερής (peripherḗs)
- Ancient Greekπεριφέρεια (periphéreia)
- Latinperipheria
- Middle Frenchperipherie
- English todayperiphery
Borrowed from Middle French peripherie. Compare Middle English periferie (“one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth”), from the same origin, although the Modern English term most likely does not descend from it.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.