English
epagomenal
Epagomenal comes from Ancient Greek αἱ ἐπαγόμεναι ‘the five additional days of the calendar of…’, from ἐπάγω ‘I bring in’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγω‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπάγωepágō‘I bring in’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαἱ ἐπαγόμεναιἡμέραι‘the five additional days of the calendar of the Egyptians’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981epagomenal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγω‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπάγωepágō‘I bring in’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαἱ ἐπαγόμεναιἡμέραι‘the five additional days of the calendar of the Egyptians’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981epagomenal
Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “The gods are immortal and therefore they are not…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, reaction, register, actively, essay, transaction, acre, gesture, radioactive, digest, congestion, inactive, agrarian, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, retroactive, belligerent, hyperactivity, ingest, unambiguous, reagent, agitate, ambiguously, samaj, agger, gerund, gestion, 128 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, agent, agenda, activate, ambiguous, squat, ambiguity, assay, agile, agility, agitation, radium, actuator, cogent, actuation, inexact, actuate, exigent, 111 more
through Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
agony, antagonist, antagonism, agonist, axiomatic, antagonize, agonize, 21 more
through Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘to lead, fetch, bring along, take with’
Today it means
adj induced, provided
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / epagomenal