Etymograph

English

koine

Koine comes from Ancient Greek κοινός ‘common, general’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘with’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘with’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱomyósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*koňňósreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκοινόςkoinós‘common, general’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοινήkoinḗfeminine form of κοινός
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2004koine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘with’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱomyósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*koňňósreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκοινόςkoinós‘common, general’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοινήkoinḗfeminine form of κοινός
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2004koine

Earliest quotation: 2004, Steven Roger Fischer, A History of Language: “If a dominant language was spoken in the area…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘with’

among, conference, consider, competition, counter, consistent, gain, concrete, con, comply, cum, commodity, cue, compulsory, contra, compel, hind, concierge, likeness, connotation, kata, condiment, condescend, limbed, 31 more

Today it means

noun A linguistic variety that has developed in supraregional contact between speakers of various interrelated dialects, typically in such a way that features shared by several dialects prevail and those of limited distribution are avoided.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / koine

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