English
anagnost
Anagnost comes from Latin anagnōstes ‘slave trained to read aloud’, and goes back to Koine Greek ἀναγνώστης.
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἀναγνώστηςanagnṓstēs‘reader, slave trained to read’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanagnōstes‘slave trained to read aloud’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980anagnost
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἀναγνώστηςanagnṓstēs‘reader, slave trained to read’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanagnōstes‘slave trained to read aloud’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980anagnost
Earliest quotation: 1980, Gene Wolfe, New York: Simon & Schuster: “Coming to the landing, I saw two cataphracts, an…”
Every English word from Koine Greek ἀναγνώστης
Today it means
noun Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Koine Greek ἀναγνώστης / anagnost