English
isagoge
Isagoge comes from Latin īsagōgē ‘an isagoge: an introduction’, and goes back to Ancient Greek εἰσαγωγή ‘lead-in’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἰσαγωγήeisagōgḗ‘lead-in’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīsagōgē‘an isagoge: an introduction’
- Englishtodayisagoge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἰσαγωγήeisagōgḗ‘lead-in’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīsagōgē‘an isagoge: an introduction’
- Englishtodayisagoge
A compound of εἰς ‘into’ + ἀγωγή ‘to lead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Hellenic *en-s
Ancient Greek εἰς ‘into’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘to lead’
Ancient Greek ἀγωγή ‘to lead’
Every English word from Ancient Greek εἰσαγωγή
Today it means
noun An introduction, especially (particularly capitalized) Porphyry's introduction to the works of Aristotle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek εἰσαγωγή / isagoge