Etymograph

English

idi-

Idi- comes from Ancient Greek ἴδιος ‘own, personal, distinct’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swé‘self’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéd-yo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hwédiosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴδιοςídios‘own, personal, distinct’
  5. Englishtodayidi-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swé‘self’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéd-yo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hwédiosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴδιοςídios‘own, personal, distinct’
  5. Englishtodayidi-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’

such, self, solo, suicide, sole, solitary, sans, solitude, desolate, desolation, solitaire, swain, sullen, solus, sere, 19 more

through Ancient Greek ἴδιος ‘own, personal, distinct’

idiot, idiocy, 2 more

Today it means

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swé / idi-

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