Etymograph

English

synodic

Synodic comes from Latin synodicus, and goes back to Ancient Greek συνοδικός ‘of or related to an assembly or meeting’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσυνοδικόςsunodikós‘of or related to an assembly or meeting’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsynodicus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1664synodic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσυνοδικόςsunodikós‘of or related to an assembly or meeting’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsynodicus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1664synodic

Earliest quotation: 1664, Edward Stillingfleet: “a synodical epistle”.

Formed from synod + -ic

Ancient Greek σύνοδος ‘assembly, meeting’

English synod

Every English word from Ancient Greek συνοδικός

Today it means

adj Of, related to or produced by a synod; synodal.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek συνοδικός / synodic

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