English
disk
Disk comes from Ancient Greek δίσκος ‘a circular plate suited for hurling’, and goes back to δικεῖν ‘to cast’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδικεῖνdikeîn‘to cast’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδίσκοςdískos‘a circular plate suited for hurling’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916disk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδικεῖνdikeîn‘to cast’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδίσκοςdískos‘a circular plate suited for hurling’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916disk
Earliest quotation: 1916, Various, Trees: “That is alkali. Mr. Kochendorfer: I have a ten-year…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek δικεῖν ‘to cast’
through Ancient Greek δίσκος ‘a circular plate suited for hurling’
Today it means
noun A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek δικεῖν / disk