English
heboid
Heboid comes from Ancient Greek ἥβη ‘youthful beauty’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *yēgʷeh₂.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yēgʷeh₂‘power, (youthful) strength’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἥβηhḗbē‘youthful beauty’
- Englishearliest quotation 1965heboid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yēgʷeh₂‘power, (youthful) strength’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἥβηhḗbē‘youthful beauty’
- Englishearliest quotation 1965heboid
Earliest quotation: 1965, Leona E. Tyler, The Psychology of Human Differences: “Wittman rated the case histories of 167 male patients…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *yēgʷeh₂
Today it means
adj Of or relating to hebephrenia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *yēgʷeh₂ / heboid