English
Erasmian
Erasmian comes from Renaissance Latin Erasmiānus ‘of, belonging to, or written by Erasmus’, and goes back to Koine Greek Ἔρασμος.
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἜρασμος
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEErasmus
- Renaissance Latinc. 1300–1500Erasmiānus‘of, belonging to, or written by Erasmus’
- Englishearliest quotation 1985Erasmian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἜρασμος
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEErasmus
- Renaissance Latinc. 1300–1500Erasmiānus‘of, belonging to, or written by Erasmus’
- Englishearliest quotation 1985Erasmian
Earliest quotation: 1985, Lucien Febvre: “It was not, as Juan de Valdes very clearly…”
Every English word from Koine Greek Ἔρασμος
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to Erasmus (Catholic priest and theologian).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Koine Greek Ἔρασμος / Erasmian