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periphery

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
    Ancient Greek περί (perí)
    Ancient Greek περῐ- (peri-)
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
    Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō
    Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)
    Ancient Greek περιφέρω (periphérō)
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
    Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
    Ancient Greek περιφερής (peripherḗs)
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
    Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)
    Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia)bor.
    Middle French peripheriebor.
    English periphery

    Borrowed from Middle French peripherie.[1] 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.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /pəˈɹɪfəɹi/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Hyphenation US: pe‧riph‧ery; UK: per‧iph‧ery

    Noun

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    periphery (plural peripheries)

    1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
      The suburbs are a city's periphery.
    2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
    3. (grammar, linguistics) The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.

    Antonyms

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    Translations

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    References

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    1. ^ “periphery, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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