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Plethon
Plethon comes from Attic Greek πλῆθος ‘multitude, great number’.
- Attic Greekmodernπλῆθοςplêthos‘multitude, great number’
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΠλήθωνPlḗthōn
- EnglishtodayPlethon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Attic Greekmodernπλῆθοςplêthos‘multitude, great number’
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΠλήθωνPlḗthōn
- EnglishtodayPlethon
The story
The particular form may have been chosen to mirror Πλάτων (Plátōn, “Plato”).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, full, popular, plus, fill, supply, complete, poll, plenty, folk, plain, accomplish, implement, comply, supplement, manipulation, completion, complement, plural, ample, amplitude, amplify, puri, plenary, replenish, volk, depletion, plenum, replete, fulsome, plebs, plebeian, deplete, 76 more
Today it means
name Georgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355–1453), a Byzantine Greek philosopher.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Attic Greek πλῆθος / Plethon