Etymograph

English

ISO

ISO comes from Greek ίσος ‘equal’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἴσος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴσος‘an equal’
  2. Greek1453–presentίσοςísos‘equal’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2022ISO

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴσος‘an equal’
  2. Greek1453–presentίσοςísos‘equal’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2022ISO

Earliest quotation: 2022, Steve Slevinski, Formal SignWriting: “Sutton SignWriting is the universal and complete solution for…”

The story

However, a participant in the initial meetings disputes this etymology, claiming that the link to ίσος was decided on after the name ISO was set.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Ancient Greek ἴσος

Today it means

name The International Organization for Standardization.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἴσος / ISO

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