English
gigantomachy
Gigantomachy comes from Ancient Greek Γιγαντομαχία.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓιγαντομαχίαGigantomakhía
- Englishearliest quotation 1974gigantomachy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΓιγαντομαχίαGigantomakhía
- Englishearliest quotation 1974gigantomachy
Earliest quotation: 1974, Joseph Eddy Fontenrose, Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins: “Giant and dragon interchange as opponents of god or…”
A compound of Γίγας ‘giant’ + μάχη ‘battle’
Proto-Indo-European *gag-
Ancient Greek Γίγας ‘giant’
Proto-Indo-European *maǵʰ- ‘to fight’
Ancient Greek μάχομαι ‘to do battle’
Ancient Greek μάχη ‘battle’
Every English word from Ancient Greek Γιγαντομαχία
Today it means
noun The battle of the Giants (offspring of Gaia, according to Hesiod conceived from the spilt blood of Uranus) against the Olympian gods.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Γιγαντομαχία / gigantomachy