Etymograph

English

gonio-

Gonio- comes from Ancient Greek γωνία ‘angle’, from Proto-Hellenic *gónu ‘knee’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónu‘knee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gónu‘knee’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenic, derivedc. 2200–1600 BCE*gonwíareconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγωνίαgōnía‘angle’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1997gonio-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónu‘knee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gónu‘knee’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenic, derivedc. 2200–1600 BCE*gonwíareconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγωνίαgōnía‘angle’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1997gonio-

Earliest quotation: 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon: “He had turn’d the same covetous Angles as the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu ‘knee’

knit, kneel, 23 more

through Ancient Greek γωνία ‘angle’

gon, 1 more

Today it means

prefix angle.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu / gonio-

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