English
Syme
Syme comes from Latin Sȳmē, and goes back to Ancient Greek Σῡ́μη.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣῡ́μη
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESȳmē
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Syme
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣῡ́μη
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESȳmē
- Englishearliest quotation 1903Syme
Earliest quotation: 1903, Arthur Stoddard Cooley, The Bronze Hermes from Antikythera: “About the end of 1900 Symæan divers fishing from…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Σῡ́μη
Today it means
name An island of the Dodecanese, Greece.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Σῡ́μη / Syme