English
epogdoon
Epogdoon comes from Ancient Greek ὄγδοον ‘an eighth part’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄγδοονógdoon‘an eighth part’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπόγδοονepógdoon
- Englishearliest quotation 1936epogdoon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄγδοονógdoon‘an eighth part’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐπόγδοονepógdoon
- Englishearliest quotation 1936epogdoon
Earliest quotation: 1936, Frank Cole Babbitt translating Plutarch , Vol. V: “Eighteen... bears the epogdoon relation to sixteen, which is…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὄγδοον
Today it means
noun A number equal to another plus an eighth thereof; a number 1.125 times another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὄγδοον / epogdoon