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ethos
Ethos comes from Ancient Greek ἦθος ‘character’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’root as named
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἦθοςêthos‘character’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011ethos
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’root as named
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἦθοςêthos‘character’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011ethos
Earliest quotation: 2011, Brook Larmer, Where an Internet Joke Is Not Just a Joke: “To slip past censors, Chinese bloggers have become masters…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, fair, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, feature, mid, hot, defence, custom, sufficient, theme, treasury, treasure, defendant, feast, doom, tick, ethnic, thesis, deed, dis, theology, aesthetic, synthetic, auditorium, auditor, atheist, demi, deem, spade, forfeit, feral, fanatic, familial, atheism, medial, 128 more
through Ancient Greek ἦθος ‘character’
Today it means
noun The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / ethos