Etymograph

English

himation

Himation comes from Ancient Greek ἱμάτιον ‘outer garment, cloak, mantle’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wésmn̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wésmn̥reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéhməreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἷμαheîma‘garment’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἱμάτιονhimátion‘outer garment, cloak, mantle’variant form of εἷμα
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1884himation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wésmn̥reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéhməreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἷμαheîma‘garment’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἱμάτιονhimátion‘outer garment, cloak, mantle’variant form of εἷμα
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1884himation

Earliest quotation: 1884, Levi Walter Yaggy, Thomas Louis Haines: “On the back the dress was pulled toward the…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *wésmn̥

Today it means

noun A rectangular cloak of linen or wool, worn in Ancient Greece, usually over a chiton.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wésmn̥ / himation

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