διαφαίνω

Ancient Greek

verb
Definitions
  • (active) to show through transitive, shine through
  • (passive) to appear or show through intransitive
  • (passive) to glow, to be red hot
  • (passive) to be proved, show itself, be conspicuous among others

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek φαίνω (appear, bring to light, show, I shine, shining, shine, cause to appear, denounce, I show shine, clear) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (speak, shine, say, glow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeh₂-

Gloss

speak, shine, say, glow

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

話

Emoji
🗣️ 🗣️ 🙊

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