English
abaton
Abaton comes from Ancient Greek ἄβατος ‘inaccessible’, from βᾰτός ‘passable’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷəňňōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβαίνωbaínō‘to go’next step skipped: Ancient Greek zero-grade
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβᾰτός‘passable’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄβατοςábatos‘inaccessible’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄβατονábatonnominalized neuter form of ἄβατος
- Englishearliest quotation 1912abaton
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷəňňōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβαίνωbaínō‘to go’next step skipped: Ancient Greek zero-grade
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβᾰτός‘passable’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄβατοςábatos‘inaccessible’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄβατονábatonnominalized neuter form of ἄβατος
- Englishearliest quotation 1912abaton
Earliest quotation: 1912, James J. Walsh, Great Physicians in Psychotherapy: “There were a series of bathing houses for hydropathy.…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, revenue, basic, basis, venue, cum, bass, convenience, inventor, pug, contravention, misadventure, quim, 54 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
event, adventure, avenue, convention, inventory, advent, intervene, invent, souvenir, provenance, convene, revenant, circumvention, contravene, 34 more
through Ancient Greek βαίνω ‘to go’
through Ancient Greek βᾰτός ‘passable’
Today it means
noun An enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / abaton