English
hypodiastole
Hypodiastole comes from Ancient Greek ὑποδιαστολή ‘the hypodiastole, a mark used in scripta…’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑποδιαστολήhupodiastolḗ‘the hypodiastole, a mark used in scripta continua Classical and Byzantine Greek to note…’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhypodiastolē
- Englishtodayhypodiastole
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑποδιαστολήhupodiastolḗ‘the hypodiastole, a mark used in scripta continua Classical and Byzantine Greek to note…’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhypodiastolē
- Englishtodayhypodiastole
A compound of ὑπό ‘under, lower’ + διαστολή ‘separation, distinction’
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’
Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under, lower’
Ancient Greek διαστέλλω
Ancient Greek διαστολή ‘separation, distinction’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὑποδιαστολή
Today it means
noun A mark ⟨⸒⟩ in late Classical and Byzantine Greek used as a form of interpunct to show two words should be read separately in situations where they might otherwise be confused with an identically spelled single word.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὑποδιαστολή / hypodiastole