English
ethopoeia
Ethopoeia comes from Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἠθοποιίαēthopoiía
- Englishearliest quotation 1976ethopoeia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἠθοποιίαēthopoiía
- Englishearliest quotation 1976ethopoeia
Earliest quotation: 1976, E. Michael Gerli, Alfonso Martínez de Toledo: “In their ethopoeias of the ideal lover, de la…”
Formed from etho- + -poeia
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, place’
Ancient Greek ἦθος ‘home or dwelling-place (of a person)’
English etho-
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία
Today it means
noun A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία / ethopoeia