English
Idalian
Idalian comes from Latin Īdalius ‘pertaining to Idalium’, and goes back to Koine Greek Ιδάλιον.
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΙδάλιονIdálion
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEĪdalius‘pertaining to Idalium’
- Englishearliest quotation 1789Idalian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΙδάλιονIdálion
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEĪdalius‘pertaining to Idalium’
- Englishearliest quotation 1789Idalian
Earliest quotation: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants: “So moves the Goddess to the Idalian groves, And…”
Formed from -an
Every English word from Koine Greek Ιδάλιον
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to Idalium, an ancient city of Cyprus where Aphrodite was worshipped.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Koine Greek Ιδάλιον / Idalian