fossil · dated, extinct · a fossil word or expression.
çekim: çoğul απολιθώματα · tamlayan απολιθώματος
köken: First attested in 1856. From απολιθώνω (apolithóno, “fossilize”) + -μα (-ma, “neuter suffix”). Morphologically from από (apó, “from”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -μα (-ma, “suffix”). For sense fossil, calque of French pétrification. For figurative senses, calque of French fossile.
starszy wiekiem działacz, polityk, urzędnik lub członek jakiegoś gremium, który uporczywie trwa przy swoich anachronicznych poglądach, hołduje przebrzmiałym zasadom i blokuje awans przedstawicielom młodszego pokolenia
köken: Unclear; either from leśny dziad, a forest creature in Slavic mythology, or from Polish guerrilla fighters in World War II that operated mainly in forests and kept reminiscing about their past after the war.
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 化石, composed of 化 (“to turn into”) and 石 (“stone”), from Japanese 化石 (kaseki, literally “petrification”), semantically equivalent to the semi-native phrase hoá đá (“to petrify”).