English
Photian
Photian comes from Latin Phōtiānus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPhōtiānus
- Englishearliest quotation 1612Photian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPhōtiānus
- Englishearliest quotation 1612Photian
Earliest quotation: 1612, The Ecclesiasticall History of Theodoret: “Anathema to the Photians in like manner, who renewing…”
Every English word from Latin Phōtiānus
Today it means
adj Of or relating to Photios I of Constantinople.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Phōtiānus / Photian