English

Epochalypse

Blend of epoch + apocalypse.

Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to overpower’

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Ancient Greek ἔχω ‘to have, hold’

Ancient Greek ἐπέχω ‘to hold in, check’

Ancient Greek ἐποχή ‘a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a…’

Medieval Latin epocha ‘age, period, time, season, epoch’

English epoch

Ancient Greek ἀποκαλύπτω ‘to reveal’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ποκᾰ́λῠψῐς ‘uncovering, revelation, disclosure’

Latin apocalypsis ‘revelation, disclosing’

Middle English apocalips ‘the book of Revelation’

Today it means

name The predicted problem in the year 2038 when some systems using Unix time will become unable to represent new times and store timestamps.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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