English
synod
Synod comes from Ancient Greek σύνοδος ‘assembly, meeting’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσύνοδοςsúnodos‘assembly, meeting’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1594synod
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσύνοδοςsúnodos‘assembly, meeting’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1594synod
Earliest quotation: c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedie of Errors: “It hath in solemn synods been decreed.”
A compound of σύν ‘beside’ + σῠν- + ὁδός ‘road’
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Hellenic *ksún ‘beside, with’
Ancient Greek σύν ‘beside’
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
Proto-Indo-European *sodós
Proto-Hellenic *hodós
Ancient Greek ὁδός ‘road’
Every English word from Ancient Greek σύνοδος
Today it means
noun An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek σύνοδος / synod