English
glaucope
Glaucope comes from Ancient Greek γλαυκώψ ‘with blue-grey eyes’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγλαυκώψglaukṓps‘with blue-grey eyes’
- Englishearliest quotation 1946glaucope
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγλαυκώψglaukṓps‘with blue-grey eyes’
- Englishearliest quotation 1946glaucope
Earliest quotation: 1946, Reginald Ruggles Gates, Human Genetics: “On this basis various genotypes may be listed as…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek γλαυκώψ
Today it means
noun A person with dark hair and blue eyes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γλαυκώψ / glaucope