Etymograph

English

koinonia

Koinonia comes from Ancient Greek κοινωνία ‘community, communion’, from κοινωνός ‘companion, partner’, and ultimately from 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, shared’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοινωνόςkoinōnós‘companion, partner’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοινωνίαkoinōnía‘community, communion’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2008koinonia

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, shared’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοινωνόςkoinōnós‘companion, partner’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοινωνίαkoinōnía‘community, communion’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2008koinonia

Earliest quotation: 2008, Lorelei F. Fuchs: “Can it be said that here is an application…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘with’

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

Today it means

noun Communion by intimate participation, associated with the Christian church.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / koinonia

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