English
Thucydides
Thucydides comes from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΘουκυδίδηςThoukudídēs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEThūcȳdidēs
- EnglishtodayThucydides
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΘουκυδίδηςThoukudídēs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEThūcȳdidēs
- EnglishtodayThucydides
A compound of θεός ‘ruler, god’ + κῦδος ‘glory’ + -ῐ́δης
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s ‘god, godhead, deity’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁sós
Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós ‘god, deity’
Ancient Greek θεός ‘ruler, god’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- ‘to perceive, pay attention’
Ancient Greek κῦδος ‘glory’
Every English word from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης
Today it means
name A great ancient Greek historian (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης / Thucydides