English
epexegesis
Epexegesis comes from Ancient Greek ἐπεξήγησις ‘detailed account or explanation’, and goes back to ἐπεξηγέομαι.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπεξηγέομαιepexēgéomai‘I explain in detail’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπεξήγησιςepexḗgēsis‘detailed account or explanation’
- Englishtodayepexegesis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπεξηγέομαιepexēgéomai‘I explain in detail’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπεξήγησιςepexḗgēsis‘detailed account or explanation’
- Englishtodayepexegesis
A compound of ἐπί ‘on top of’ + ἐξηγέομαι ‘I narrate, describe’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- ‘to grab, snatch, get’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’
Proto-Hellenic *epí
Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on top of’
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- ‘to seek out’
Ancient Greek ἡγέομαι ‘to go before, precede’
Ancient Greek ἐξηγέομαι ‘I narrate, describe’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐπεξηγέομαι
Today it means
noun An additional explanation or explanatory material.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐπεξηγέομαι / epexegesis