periphery
Plural: peripheries
Noun
- the outside boundary or surface of something
- The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
- A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
- The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.
Examples
- The suburbs are a city's periphery.
Origin / Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Ancient Greek περί (perí)
Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-)
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.
Latin peripheriabor.
Middle French peripheriebor.
English periphery
Borrowed from Middle French peripherie. 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.
Synonyms
fringe, outer boundary
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 19
periphery: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordperiphery: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
periphery: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary