Etymograph

English

schema

Schema comes from Latin schēma ‘shape, figure, form, manner, posture’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-‘to hold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sǵʰ-éh₁-mn̥reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*skʰḗməreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχῆμαskhêma‘form, shape’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEschēma‘shape, figure, form, manner, posture’
  6. Englishtodayschema

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-‘to hold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sǵʰ-éh₁-mn̥reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*skʰḗməreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχῆμαskhêma‘form, shape’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEschēma‘shape, figure, form, manner, posture’
  6. Englishtodayschema

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’

school, severe, sketch, severity, scholar, perseverance, hector, hectic, epoch, scholastic, shul, 23 more

Today it means

noun An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- / schema

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