ἔτι + εἰμί
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἔτος
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
etos
English translation (word)
year
Transliteration (Etymon)
eti + eimi
English translation (etymon)
again + to be
Century
11 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 549
Ed.
E.L. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum, fasc. 1 & 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1909; 2:1920 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965)
Quotation
Ἔτος· παρὰ τὸ ἔτι καὶ ἔτι εἶναι καὶ ἰέναι
Translation (En)
Etos "year". From "to be" (einai) and to go (ienai) "again and again" (eti kai eti)
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 387 (Ἔτος: Βαρυτόνως, σημαίνει τὸν χρόνον. Παρὰ τὸ ἕω, τὸ ὑπάρχω καὶ τελειῶ, γίνεται ἔτος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔτι καὶ ἔτι εἶναι καὶ ἰέναι)
Modern etymology
Older ϝέτος, from PIE *wet-os- "year", cognate with Lat. vetus "old", vitulus "(one year-old) calf" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has έτος "year" as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology, aiming at justifying the /t/ that is treated as a pathos in the traditional etymology (see ἔτος / εἰμί). The result is an etymon meaning approximatively "ever being", relying on the temporal meaning of ἔτι. As the traditional etymology, this one is meant for the plural ἔτη "years", that is, "time"