English
iambus
Iambus comes from Latin ïambus ‘a certain poetic meter’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἴαμβος ‘iamb, a metrical foot’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴαμβοςíambos‘iamb, a metrical foot’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEïambus‘a certain poetic meter’
- Englishtodayiambus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴαμβοςíambos‘iamb, a metrical foot’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEïambus‘a certain poetic meter’
- Englishtodayiambus
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, project, hour, disease, object, ease, jet, adjacent, injection, jess, trajectory, inject, conjecture, gist, ejection, jetty, abject, eject, ejaculation, ejaculate, jettison, jut, subjection, interject, joist, jetsam, 42 more
through Ancient Greek ἵημι ‘to send, throw’
through Ancient Greek ἴαμβος ‘iamb, a metrical foot’
Today it means
noun Synonym of iamb.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἴαμβος / iambus