köken: From Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).
köken: From Late Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, literally “turned backwards”), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, literally “I turn away”).
aile: apostrofare
L’I, quando è Consonante, […] conoscesi dal non potersi segnare coll’apostrofo la parola, che le sta avanti
köken: From Russian апостроф (apostrof), from French apostrophe, from Latin apostrophus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”).
köken: Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ, “turning away from”) from verb ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “turn away”) & semantic loan from French aversion. The sense for rhetoric, since Hellenistic period.
apostrophe (the ’ character, used in some languages as a punctuation mark and as a diacritical mark in others)
çekim: çoğul apostrofi · tamlayan apostrofa
köken: Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin apostrophus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a nominal use of an adjective derived from the verb ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”).