English
Ephthalite
Ephthalite comes from Latin Ephthalītēs ‘Ephthalite, Hephthalite’, and goes back to Bactrian Ηβοδαλο.
- BactrianmodernΗβοδαλο
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἘφθαλίτηςEphthalítēs‘an Ephthalite, a Hephthalite’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEphthalītēs‘Ephthalite, Hephthalite’
- Englishearliest quotation 1653Ephthalite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- BactrianmodernΗβοδαλο
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἘφθαλίτηςEphthalítēs‘an Ephthalite, a Hephthalite’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEphthalītēs‘Ephthalite, Hephthalite’
- Englishearliest quotation 1653Ephthalite
Earliest quotation: 1653, The History of the Warres of the Emperou: “Theſe Ephthalites are a Hunniſh Nation, but not mingled…”
Every English word from Bactrian Ηβοδαλο
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Etymograph / Bactrian Ηβοδαλο / Ephthalite