English
kategoria
Kategoria comes from Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ ‘charge, accusation’, and goes back to κᾰτηγορέω.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκᾰτηγορέω‘I accuse, speak against’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱkătēgorĭ́ā‘charge, accusation’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcatēgoria
- Englishtodaykategoria
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκᾰτηγορέω‘I accuse, speak against’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱkătēgorĭ́ā‘charge, accusation’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcatēgoria
- Englishtodaykategoria
Linked words
through Latin catēgoria
Today it means
noun Synonym of accusation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω / kategoria