Where does “synoecism” come from?
synoecism (English) comes from Ancient Greek συνοικισμός, from Ancient Greek συνοικίζειν, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥ — to name.
synoecism (English): The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one...
Definitions
- The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one...
Ancestry of “synoecism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | συνοικισμός | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | συνοικίζειν | to make live with, to unite under one city |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πατρίς | The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πᾰτήρ | father |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |