Etymograph

English

Greekdom

From Greek + -dom.

Formed from Greek + -dom

Ancient Greek Ἕλλην ‘Hellenes’

Ancient Greek Γραικός

Latin Graecus ‘Greek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek…’

Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō

Old English Grēcas ‘Greeks’

English Greek

Today it means

noun Synonym of Greek life (“activities of college fraternities and sororities”).

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

Etymograph / Greekdom