English
hypno-
Hypno- comes from Ancient Greek ὕπνος ‘sleep’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *supnós.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*supnós‘sleep’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*húpnosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕπνοςhúpnos‘sleep’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999hypno-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*supnós‘sleep’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*húpnosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕπνοςhúpnos‘sleep’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999hypno-
Earliest quotation: 1999, Matt Groening, Episode Two: The Series Has Landed: “IN HYPNO-VISION”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swep- ‘to sleep’
Today it means
prefix Related to sleep.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *supnós / hypno-