English
idiomatic
Idiomatic comes from Ancient Greek ἰδιωματικός ‘related to an idiom’, and goes back to ῐ̓δῐόω.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓δῐόω
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἰδίωμαidíōma‘idiom’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἰδιωματικόςidiōmatikós‘related to an idiom’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003idiomatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓δῐόω
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἰδίωμαidíōma‘idiom’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἰδιωματικόςidiōmatikós‘related to an idiom’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003idiomatic
Earliest quotation: 2003, Thiery Dutoit, Text-to-Speech Synthesis: “A preprocessing (or text normalization) module is necessary as…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ῐ̓δῐόω
Today it means
adj Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῐ̓δῐόω / idiomatic