English
echophenomenon
Echophenomenon comes from Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to cause to appear’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine, glow light’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰh₂nyétireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáňňō‘to appear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφαίνωphaínō‘to cause to appear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφαινόμενονphainómenon
- Late Latinmodernphaenomenon
- English1500–presentphenomenon
- Englishtodayechophenomenon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘to shine, glow light’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰh₂nyétireconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáňňō‘to appear’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφαίνωphaínō‘to cause to appear’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφαινόμενονphainómenon
- Late Latinmodernphaenomenon
- English1500–presentphenomenon
- Englishtodayechophenomenon
A compound of echo- + phenomenon
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ- ‘to sound’
Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́
Ancient Greek ἠχή ‘sound’
Ancient Greek ἠχώ ‘echo, protracted sound’
English echo-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
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Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘I show’
Ancient Greek φαινόμενον ‘thing appearing to view’
Late Latin phaenomenon ‘appearance’
English phenomenon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
focus, professor, famous, phone, fuel, favor, favourite, ban, ben, fate, fame, fatal, bee, fairy, fabulous, profession, infant, photographer, abandon, confession, confess, beacon, beck, eff, fab, symphony, fay, boon, bane, fable, foyer, banish, buoy, nefarious, profess, banal, infamy, prophetic, bene, beek, 116 more
through Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
through Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to cause to appear’
fantasy, fancy, emphasis, phantom, epiphany, fantasia, tryptophan, phantasm, phenol, 41 more
through Ancient Greek φαινόμενον
phenomenology, phenomenally, 13 more
through English phenomenon
Today it means
noun Any of a group of automatic imitative actions performed without explicit awareness of the individual, including echolalia, echopraxia, echographia and so forth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / echophenomenon