Etymograph

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epitheton

Epitheton comes from Latin epitheton ‘epithet’, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετος ‘additional, added-on’, and ultimately from ἐπιτίθημι ‘to lay, put or place upon’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπιτίθημιepitíthēmi‘to lay, put or place upon’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπίθετοςepíthetos‘additional, added-on’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπίθετονepítheton‘epithet’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepitheton‘epithet’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1570same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπιτίθημιepitíthēmi‘to lay, put or place upon’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπίθετοςepíthetos‘additional, added-on’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπίθετονepítheton‘epithet’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepitheton‘epithet’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1570same form

Earliest quotation: 1570, Iohn Foxe, The Second Examination and Accusation of Iulius Palmer, at N: “The next moꝛnyng the xj. of Iuly, Palmer was…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐπιτίθημι

Today it means

noun An epithet, an attribute of a person or thing.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐπιτίθημι / epitheton

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