English
hypnagogic
Hypnagogic comes from French hypnagogique.
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthypnagogique
- Englishearliest quotation 1999hypnagogic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthypnagogique
- Englishearliest quotation 1999hypnagogic
Earliest quotation: 1999, Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams: “But if we are in the right mood, a…”
A compound of ὕπνος ‘sleep’ + ἀγωγός ‘leading’
Proto-Indo-European *swep- ‘to sleep’
Proto-Indo-European *supnós ‘sleep’
Proto-Hellenic *húpnos
Ancient Greek ὕπνος ‘sleep’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γω ‘to lead’
Ancient Greek ἀγωγός ‘leading’
Every English word from French hypnagogique
Today it means
adj That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French hypnagogique / hypnagogic