English
paragoge
Paragoge comes from Ancient Greek παραγωγή ‘derivation, addition’, and goes back to ἀγωγή ‘transporting, leading’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγωγή‘transporting, leading’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαραγωγήparagōgḗ‘derivation, addition’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEparagoge
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγωγή‘transporting, leading’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπαραγωγήparagōgḗ‘derivation, addition’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEparagoge
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
reaction, register, suggest, actively, essay, transaction, acre, gesture, inactive, radioactive, digest, congestion, retroactive, belligerent, unambiguous, gestation, ingestion, hyperactivity, progesterone, agrarian, ingest, reagent, agitate, ambiguously, samaj, agger, gestion, gerund, 128 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
act, action, active, activity, actual, actor, agency, agent, agenda, activate, ambiguous, squat, ambiguity, assay, agile, agility, agitation, actuator, radium, actuation, cogent, inexact, actuate, exigent, 111 more
through Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
agony, antagonist, axiomatic, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, agonize, 21 more
through Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘to lead’
Today it means
noun The addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀγωγή / paragoge