English
chiliocosm
Chiliocosm comes from Ancient Greek κόσμος ‘world’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- ‘to announce, put in order’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱens-‘to announce, put in order’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱónsmosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kónsmosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόσμοςkósmos‘world’
- Englishearliest quotation 1848chiliocosm
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱens-‘to announce, put in order’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱónsmosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kónsmosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόσμοςkósmos‘world’
- Englishearliest quotation 1848chiliocosm
Earliest quotation: 1848, Faxian, Abel Rémusat: “It is he who in the Fa houa king…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- ‘to announce, put in order’
census, charm, censor, censure, 10 more
through Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos
through Ancient Greek κόσμος ‘world’
Today it means
noun A collection of many worlds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- / chiliocosm