English
helot
Helot comes from Latin Hīlōta, and goes back to Ancient Greek Εἵλωτες.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΕἵλωτεςHeílōtes
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHīlōta
- Englishearliest quotation 1910helot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΕἵλωτεςHeílōtes
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEHīlōta
- Englishearliest quotation 1910helot
Earliest quotation: 1910, Ameen Rihani, Probing the Trivial: “A man who conceives and writes a great book,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- ‘to catch, seize, strike’
pull, vulnerable, invulnerability, convulsive, convulsion, 20 more
Today it means
noun A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Εἵλωτες / helot