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agalmics
Agalmics comes from Ancient Greek ἄγαλμα ‘votive offering’, and goes back to ἀγάλλομαι ‘to be proud, exult in’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγάλλομαι‘to be proud, exult in’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄγαλμαágalma‘votive offering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999agalmics
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγάλλομαι‘to be proud, exult in’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄγαλμαágalma‘votive offering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999agalmics
Earliest quotation: 1999, Robert Levin, The Marginalization of Scarcity: “So we can be certain that, over time, more…”
Formed from -ics
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀγάλλομαι
Today it means
noun The study and practice of the production and allocation of non-scarce goods.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀγάλλομαι / agalmics