English
Epirot
Epirot comes from Ancient Greek ἠπειρώτης ‘mainland dweller, mainlander’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Heh₂per-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Heh₂per-reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ā́peřřosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἤπειροςḗpeiros‘mainland, inland country’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἠπειρώτηςēpeirṓtēs‘mainland dweller, mainlander’
- Englishearliest quotation 1644Epirot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Heh₂per-reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ā́peřřosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἤπειροςḗpeiros‘mainland, inland country’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἠπειρώτηςēpeirṓtēs‘mainland dweller, mainlander’
- Englishearliest quotation 1644Epirot
Earliest quotation: 1644, John Milton: “he would cry out as Pyrrhus did, admiring the…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₂per-
Today it means
noun An inhabitant or a resident of ancient or modern Epirus, in northwest Greece and southern Albania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Heh₂per- / Epirot