English
hendecasyllabic
Hendecasyllabic comes from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος ‘with eleven syllables’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἑνδεκασύλλαβοςhendekasúllabos‘with eleven syllables’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhendecasyllabus
- Englishtodayhendecasyllabic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἑνδεκασύλλαβοςhendekasúllabos‘with eleven syllables’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhendecasyllabus
- Englishtodayhendecasyllabic
A compound of ἕνδεκα ‘eleven’ + συλλαβή ‘syllable’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂gʷ- ‘to take, grasp’
Proto-Hellenic *hlagʷ-
Ancient Greek λᾰμβᾰ́νω ‘to take hold of, grasp, seize’
Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω ‘to bring together’
Ancient Greek συλλαβή ‘syllable’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος
Today it means
adj Having eleven syllables.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἑνδεκασύλλαβος / hendecasyllabic