word-forming element meaning "after," from Latin post "behind, after, afterward," from *pos-ti (source also of Arcadian pos, Doric poti "toward, to, near, close by;" Old Church Slavonic po "behind, after," pozdu "late;" Lithuanian pas "at, by"), from PIE *apo- (source also of...
free from," from Greek apo "from, away from; after; in descent from," in compounds, "from, asunder, away, off; finishing, completing; ceasing from; back again," from PIE root *apo- "off, away" (cf. Sanskrit apa "away from," Avestan apa "away from," Latin ab "away from, from...
What is cardio in Latin? before vowels cardi-, word-forming element meaning "pertaining to the heart," from Latinized form of Greek kardia "heart," from PIE root *kerd- "heart." Is Peri a word root? peri-, prefix. peri- comes from Greek,is attached to roots, and means "about, aro...
apotheosis(n.) "deification," 1600s, from Late Latinapotheosis"deification," especially of an emperor or royal person, from Greekapotheosis, fromapotheoun"deify, make (someone) a god," fromapo, meaning, here, "change" (seeapo-) +theos"god" (from PIE root*dhes-, forming words for relig...
early 15c. (Chauliac), "an opening, hole, orifice," from Latinapertura"an opening," fromapertus, past participle ofaperire"to open, uncover," from PIE compound*ap-wer-yo-from*ap-"off, away" (seeapo-) + root*wer-(4) "to cover." In optics, "the diameter of the exposed part of ...
finishing, completing; back again," of time, "after," of origin, "sprung from, descended from; because of," from PIE root*apo-"off, away" (source also of Sanskritapa"away from," Avestanapa"away from," Latinab"away from, from," Gothicaf, Old Englishof"away from," Modern Englishof...
word-forming element meaning "away, from, from off, down," denoting disjunction, separation, departure; from Latinab(prep.) "off, away from" in reference to space or distance, also of time, from PIE root*apo-"off, away" (also the source of Greekapo"off, away from, from," Sanskritap...
late 14c., "revelation, disclosure," from Church Latinapocalypsis"revelation," from Greekapokalyptein"uncover, disclose, reveal," fromapo"off, away from" (seeapo-) +kalyptein"to cover, conceal" (from PIE root*kel-(1) "to cover, conceal, save"). The Christian end-of-the-world story ...