Etymograph

English

koinophilia

Koinophilia 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. Englishtodaykoinophilia

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. Englishtodaykoinophilia

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘with’

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

Today it means

noun An evolutionary hypothesis proposing that, during sexual selection, animals preferentially seek mates with a minimum of unusual or mutant features.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / koinophilia

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