Etymograph

English

Hellenistic

Hellenistic comes from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνιστής ‘one who uses the Greek language’, and goes back to Ἑλλάς ‘Greece’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἙλλάςHellás‘Greece’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἙλληνιστήςHellēnistḗs‘one who uses the Greek language’
  3. Germanc. 1650–presenthellenistisch
  4. EnglishtodayHellenistic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἙλλάςHellás‘Greece’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἙλληνιστήςHellēnistḗs‘one who uses the Greek language’
  3. Germanc. 1650–presenthellenistisch
  4. EnglishtodayHellenistic

Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the period of the Greek culture, history, or art from after the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) to the defeat of Cleopatra and Mark Antony by Octavian (31 BCE—though this is often debated, and can range from 146 BCE to 330 CE [*]).

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς / Hellenistic

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