myEtymology.com: English etymology of pleonasm

Etymology of the English word pleonasm

the English word pleonasm

derived from the Late Latin word pleonasmus

derived from the Greek word pleonasmos, πλεονασμός

derived from the Greek word pleonazein, πλεονάζω

derived from the Greek word pleon, πλέον, πλέων

derived from the Greek word pleo, πλέω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelə-

Word found in Modern English