English
enthymeme
Enthymeme comes from Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα ‘thought, consideration’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐνθύμημαenthúmēma‘thought, consideration’
- Englishtodayenthymeme
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐνθύμημαenthúmēma‘thought, consideration’
- Englishtodayenthymeme
A compound of ἐν ‘within, with’ + θυμός ‘soul, life’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Ancient Greek ἐν ‘within, with’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘to smoke’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós ‘smoke’
Proto-Hellenic *tʰūmós ‘vapour (?), breath’
Ancient Greek θυμός ‘soul, life’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα
Today it means
noun A by and large statement, a maxim, an argument that is intended to be generally true and not apply to every case universally.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα / enthymeme