English
anoiconometon
Anoiconometon comes from Ancient Greek ἀνοικονόμητον ‘not set in order, without arrangement’, and goes back to οἰκονόμος ‘steward, manager’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEοἰκονόμος‘steward, manager’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEοἰκονομέωoikonoméō‘to arrange, manage’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνοικονόμητονanoikonómēton‘not set in order, without arrangement’
- Englishearliest quotation 1593anoiconometon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEοἰκονόμος‘steward, manager’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEοἰκονομέωoikonoméō‘to arrange, manage’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνοικονόμητονanoikonómēton‘not set in order, without arrangement’
- Englishearliest quotation 1593anoiconometon
Earliest quotation: 1593, Henry Peacham: “Anoiconometon ... when there is no good disposition of…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος
Today it means
noun Want of proper arrangement; a figure in which words are confused and set without order.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος / anoiconometon