English
hypotrachelium
Hypotrachelium comes from Ancient Greek ὑποτραχήλιον.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑποτραχήλιονhupotrakhḗlion
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhypotrachelium
- Englishearliest quotation 1988same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑποτραχήλιονhupotrakhḗlion
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhypotrachelium
- Englishearliest quotation 1988same form
Earliest quotation: 1988, Roy Underhill, The National Historical Society: “In the case of the Hansell House in Rosewell,…”
A compound of ὑπό ‘under’ + τράχηλος ‘neck’
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’
Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, drag’
Ancient Greek τρέχω ‘to run’
Ancient Greek τράχηλος ‘neck’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὑποτραχήλιον
Today it means
noun the portion of the capital of a column that is below the annulets, and above the end of the shaft
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὑποτραχήλιον / hypotrachelium