Etymograph

English

Lenaea

Lenaea comes from Ancient Greek Λήναια, and goes back to ληνός ‘winepress’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEληνός‘winepress’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΛήναιαLḗnaia
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELēnaea
  4. EnglishtodayLenaea

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEληνός‘winepress’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΛήναιαLḗnaia
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CELēnaea
  4. EnglishtodayLenaea

The story

Borrowed from Latin Lēnaea, from Ancient Greek Λήναια (Lḗnaia), from the neuter plural of ληναῖος (lēnaîos, literally “of or relating to the winepress”), from ληνός (lēnós, “winepress”) + -αῖος (-aîos).

Every English word from Ancient Greek ληνός

Today it means

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