Etymograph

English

Pegasus

Pegasus may come from Middle English Pegase.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Pegaseuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007Pegasus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Pegaseuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007Pegasus

Earliest quotation: 2007, R. J. A. Talbert, Timoleon and the Revival of Greek Sicily: 344-317 B.C.: “Confidence in Corinthian Pegasi grew up in the Greek…”

first attested First attested in the 14th century (as stated in the etymology)

The story

Some have dismissed this as folk etymology and suggest a pre-Greek origin because of the -ασος suffix.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted. First attested in the 14th century.

Every English word from Middle English Pegase

Today it means

name A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.

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

Etymograph / Middle English Pegase / Pegasus

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