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synaxis
Synaxis comes from Ancient Greek σύναξις ‘gathering’, from ἄγω ‘lead, guide’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγω‘lead, guide’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσυνάγωsunágō‘to gather’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσύναξιςsúnaxis‘gathering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1660synaxis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγω‘lead, guide’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσυνάγωsunágō‘to gather’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσύναξιςsúnaxis‘gathering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1660synaxis
Earliest quotation: 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium: “Thus we find the bishops in the primitive church…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, reaction, register, actively, essay, transaction, acre, gesture, radioactive, digest, congestion, inactive, agrarian, belligerent, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, retroactive, reagent, hyperactivity, ingest, unambiguous, agitate, ambiguously, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 128 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
act, action, active, agency, activity, actual, agent, actor, agenda, activate, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agitation, radium, actuator, cogent, actuation, inexact, actuate, exigent, 111 more
through Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
agony, antagonist, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, axiomatic, agonize, 21 more
through Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘lead, guide’
strategy, axiom, stratagem, glucagon, 15 more
through Ancient Greek συνάγω ‘to gather’
Today it means
noun A congregation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / synaxis