Etymograph

English

stephanion

Stephanion comes from Ancient Greek στέφανος ‘a crown’, from στέφω ‘to encircle’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stegʷʰ- ‘to enlace’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stegʷʰ-‘to enlace’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stégʷʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*stékʷʰō‘to enlace, crown, encircle’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστέφωstéphō‘to encircle’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστέφανοςstéphanos‘a crown’
  6. Englishtodaystephanion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stegʷʰ-‘to enlace’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stégʷʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*stékʷʰō‘to enlace, crown, encircle’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστέφωstéphō‘to encircle’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστέφανοςstéphanos‘a crown’
  6. Englishtodaystephanion

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *stegʷʰ-

Today it means

noun The point on the side of the skull where the upper temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stegʷʰ- / stephanion

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