Etymograph

English

triglyph

Triglyph comes from Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος, from γλῠ́φω ‘to carve, engrave’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*glewbʰ-‘to split, carve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*glúbʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*glúpʰōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγλῠ́φω‘to carve, engrave’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτρίγλυφοςtrígluphos
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1907triglyph

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*glewbʰ-‘to split, carve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*glúbʰetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*glúpʰōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγλῠ́φω‘to carve, engrave’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτρίγλυφοςtrígluphos
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1907triglyph

Earliest quotation: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete: “An interesting architectural point is raised by some stone…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- ‘to split, carve’

clive, cleft, clapper, clove, cleave, cleve, 12 more

Today it means

noun A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- / triglyph

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