Etymograph

English

Eris

Eris comes from Ancient Greek Ἔρις ‘strife’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἜριςÉris‘strife’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1992Eris

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἜριςÉris‘strife’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1992Eris

Earliest quotation: 1992, Samuel Ijsseling, Eros and Eris: The Trojan War and Heidegger on the Essence o: “According to Homer, the Trojan war is, above all,…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἔρις

Today it means

name The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddess Discordia;

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἔρις / Eris

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