English
Senedd
Senedd comes from Middle Welsh seneð, from Latin synodus ‘synod, council’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek σῠ́νοδος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσῠ́νοδοςsŭ́nodos‘synods’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsynodus‘synod, council’
- Middle Welshc. 1150–1500seneð
- Welshc. 1500–presentSenedd
- Englishearliest quotation 2026same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσῠ́νοδοςsŭ́nodos‘synods’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsynodus‘synod, council’
- Middle Welshc. 1150–1500seneð
- Welshc. 1500–presentSenedd
- Englishearliest quotation 2026same form
Earliest quotation: 2026, Jim Pickard, Burnham vows to be pro-business PM: “[Keith] Starmer's premiership unravelled after he failed to halt…”
A compound of σύν ‘beside’ + σῠν- + ὁδός ‘road’
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Hellenic *ksún ‘beside, with’
Ancient Greek σύν ‘beside’
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
Proto-Indo-European *sodós
Proto-Hellenic *hodós
Ancient Greek ὁδός ‘road’
The story
Later likely influenced by or merged with Latin senātus.
Every English word from Ancient Greek σῠ́νοδος
Today it means
name The Welsh Parliament.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek σῠ́νοδος / Senedd