Etymograph

English

ethopoetic

Ethopoetic comes from Ancient Greek ἠθοποιητικός, and goes back to ἦθος ‘home or dwelling-place (of a person)’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἦθος‘home or dwelling-place (of a person)’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἠθοποιητικόςēthopoiētikós
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1652ethopoetic

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Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἦθος‘home or dwelling-place (of a person)’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἠθοποιητικόςēthopoiētikós
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1652ethopoetic

Earliest quotation: 1652, Thomas Urquhart: “a flourish of mimick and ethopoetick gestures”.

Linked words

through Ancient Greek ἦθος ‘home or dwelling-place (of a person)’

ethical, ethic, ethos, ethology, 3 more

Today it means

adj Expressing character.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἦθος / ethopoetic

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