Etymograph

English

satyr

Satyr comes from Latin satyrus ‘satyr, faun’, and goes back to Ancient Greek σάτυρος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσάτυροςsáturos
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatyrus‘satyr, faun’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentsatyre
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1637satyr

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσάτυροςsáturos
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsatyrus‘satyr, faun’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentsatyre
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1637satyr

Earliest quotation: 1637, John Milton: “Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, /…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek σάτυρος

Today it means

noun A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek σάτυρος / satyr

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