Etymograph

English

Taenarum

Taenarum comes from Ancient Greek Ταίναρον, and goes back to Ταίναρος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤαίναρος
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΤαίναρονTaínaron
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2014Taenarum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΤαίναρος
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΤαίναρονTaínaron
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2014Taenarum

Earliest quotation: 2014, G. T. Griffith, The Mercenaries of the Hellenistic World: “Armies could still be raised, however, without any diplomatic…”

Today it means

name A town of southern ancient Greece near present-day Tainaron.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ταίναρος / Taenarum