English
acataleptic
Acataleptic comes from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος ‘incomprehensible’, and goes back to καταλαμβάνω ‘to seize’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαταλαμβάνωkatalambánō‘to seize’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀκατάληπτοςakatálēptos‘incomprehensible’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacatalēpticus
- Englishtodayacataleptic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαταλαμβάνωkatalambánō‘to seize’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀκατάληπτοςakatálēptos‘incomprehensible’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacatalēpticus
- Englishtodayacataleptic
A compound of κατά ‘against’ + λαμβάνω ‘to take’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, with’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂
Proto-Hellenic *kətá
Ancient Greek κατά ‘against’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂gʷ- ‘to take, to grasp’
Proto-Hellenic *hlagʷ-
Ancient Greek λαμβάνω ‘to take’
Every English word from Ancient Greek καταλαμβάνω
Today it means
adj Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek καταλαμβάνω / acataleptic