English
eolic
Eolic comes from Ancient Greek Αἴολος ‘Aeolus, god of the winds’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΑἴολοςAíolos‘Aeolus, god of the winds’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAeolicus
- Englishtodayeolic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΑἴολοςAíolos‘Aeolus, god of the winds’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAeolicus
- Englishtodayeolic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn’
well, walk, wall, volume, revolution, evolution, valve, involve, vault, evolve, vulgar, revolt, waltz, helix, divulge, convoluted, vagrant, vulva, wale, voluminous, gauche, vulgate, convolution, iliac, valvular, ilium, involution, voluble, valise, 75 more
Today it means
adj Of the wind; referring to the action or the power of wind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Αἴολος / eolic