ἄω1
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἀτμός
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
atmos
English translation (word)
steam
Transliteration (Etymon)
aō
English translation (etymon)
to blow
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1361
Ed.
F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 2, Athens: Parnassos Literary Society, 1992
Quotation
Ἀτμός· ἡ ἀναπνοὴ τοῦ θερμοῦ ὕδατος· παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, ὁ παρακείμενος ἦσμαι ἀσμός καὶ ἀτμός
Translation (En)
Atmos "steam": the exhalation of hot water. From aō "to blow", the perfect <is> ēsmai, *asmos and atmos
Parallels
Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 2, p. 816-817 (Ὥσπερ δὲ ταῦτα ἐκ τοῦ ἀΰω, οὕτω καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἄω ἀτμός καὶ ἀτμίς); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 164 (Ἀτμός: Ἡ ἀναπνοὴ τοῦ θερμοῦ ὕδατος· παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, ὁ παθητικὸς παρακείμενος, ἦσμαι, ἀσμὸς, καὶ ἀτμός); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 286 (ἀτμός· ἡ <ἀναθυμίασις καὶ> ἀναπνοὴ τοῦ θερμοῦ· παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, ὁ <παθητικὸς> παρακείμενος ἦσμαι ἀσμός καὶ <τροπῇ τοῦ σ εἰς τ ἀτμός); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 331 (Ἀτμός. ἀνάδοσις. παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, ὁ παρακείμενος ἦσμαι, ἀσμὸς καὶ ἀτμός)
Modern etymology
From ἀετμός, probably belongs with ἄημι (*h2weh1-) (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has ατμός as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology. The etymon is the thematic variant of ἄημι "to blow". The form is derived from the perfect, in a derivation in which the -m- of the 1sg ending is used to account for the -mo of the suffix. The etymology requires a formal change, from /s/ (of the perfect stem) to /t/: the latter may ultimately rely on the alternation between /s/ and dental plosives, like πείθομαι / πέπεισμαι, πιστός, provided there is a linguistic basis for it