Etymograph

English

euthynteria

Euthynteria comes from Ancient Greek εὐθυντηρία ‘the part of a ship where the rudder was attached’, from εὐθῡντήρ ‘corrector’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hyewdʰ-dh-ú-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hyewdʰ-dh-ú-sreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεὐθύς‘straight’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐθῡ́νω‘I lead straight’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐθῡντήρ‘corrector’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐθυντηρίαeuthuntēría‘the part of a ship where the rudder was attached’
  6. Englishtodayeuthynteria

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hyewdʰ-dh-ú-sreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεὐθύς‘straight’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐθῡ́νω‘I lead straight’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐθῡντήρ‘corrector’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐθυντηρίαeuthuntēría‘the part of a ship where the rudder was attached’
  6. Englishtodayeuthynteria

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *Hyewdʰ-dh-ú-s

Today it means

noun In classical Greek architecture, the uppermost course of a building's foundations, partly emerging from the groundline.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hyewdʰ-dh-ú-s / euthynteria

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