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thema
Thema comes from Ancient Greek θέμᾰ ‘deposited money’, from τῐ́θημῐ ‘to set, put, place’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁mn̥‘act of placement or doing’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτῐ́θημῐ‘to set, put, place’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθέμᾰthémă‘deposited money’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997thema
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁mn̥‘act of placement or doing’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτῐ́θημῐ‘to set, put, place’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθέμᾰthémă‘deposited money’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997thema
Earliest quotation: 1997, Rocco Caopzzi, Reading Eco: An Anthology: “Eco has his own image for this method-spiral repetition:…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, feature, mid, defence, custom, sufficient, treasury, treasure, ethnic, defendant, feast, ethical, doom, tick, deed, dis, theme, aesthetic, synthetic, auditorium, theology, auditor, synthesis, spade, forfeit, feral, ethic, fanatic, familial, medial, atheist, medallion, 129 more
through Ancient Greek τῐ́θημῐ ‘to set, put, place’
Today it means
noun A subject or theme.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / thema