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epænetic
Epænetic comes from Ancient Greek ἐπαινετικός ‘given to praising, laudatory’, from αἰνέω ‘to approve’, and ultimately from αἶνος ‘tale’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαἶνος‘tale’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαἰνέω‘to approve’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπαινέωepainéō‘I praise’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπαινετικόςepainetikós‘given to praising, laudatory’
- Englishearliest quotation 1800epænetic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαἶνος‘tale’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαἰνέω‘to approve’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπαινέωepainéō‘I praise’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπαινετικόςepainetikós‘given to praising, laudatory’
- Englishearliest quotation 1800epænetic
Earliest quotation: 1800, Edward Phillips, Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum: “The Epænetic comprehends the hymn, the epithalamium, the genethliacon,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- ‘important speech’
early, young, age, era, junior, diet, juvenile, longevity, ere, juvenal, 23 more
through Ancient Greek αἶνος ‘tale’
Today it means
adj Encomiastic; laudatory; panegyrical; praiseful.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek αἶνος / epænetic