phase

phase · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
4. Ancient Greekφᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-)
5. Ancient Greekφάσις (phásis)
6. New Latinphasis
7. English todayphase

Borrowed from New Latin phasis, borrowed from Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”), from φᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-, root of φαίνω (phaínō, “to bring to light; to appear”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs). Compare phantasm and see face.

phase · proper noun²

1. Ancient Greekφασέκ (phasék)
2. Latinphase
3. English todayphase

From Latin phase (“passover”), Phasa, from Hebrew פָּסַח (pésach).

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