Etymograph

English

Eusebios

Eusebios comes from Ancient Greek εὐσεβής ‘pious, righteous, reverent to the gods’, from σέβομαι ‘to be moved by awe, fear, or respect for…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tyegʷ- ‘to leave alone, give up’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tyegʷ-‘to leave alone, give up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tyégʷ-e-torreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tségʷomai‘to shy, shy away’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσέβομαιsébomai‘to be moved by awe, fear, or respect for others or for their opinions’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐσεβήςeusebḗs‘pious, righteous, reverent to the gods’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΕὐσέβιοςEusébios
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1987Eusebios

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tyegʷ-‘to leave alone, give up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tyégʷ-e-torreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tségʷomai‘to shy, shy away’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσέβομαιsébomai‘to be moved by awe, fear, or respect for others or for their opinions’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐσεβήςeusebḗs‘pious, righteous, reverent to the gods’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΕὐσέβιοςEusébios
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1987Eusebios

Earliest quotation: 1987, Judith Herrin, The Churches in the Sixth Century: The Council of 553: “After the opening speech in Greek, probably delivered by…”

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