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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερίφρασις
- Latin · derived fromperiphrasis
- English todayperiphrase
From Latin periphrasis from Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis), from περιφράζομαι (periphrázomai, “to consider all sides of an issue”), from περί (perí, “around”) + φράζω (phrázō, “to show, point out”). See phrase.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπερίφρασις all →
circumlocutionperiphrasis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.