ἔθω

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Word-form

ἔθος

Transliteration (Word)

ethos

English translation (word)

custom

Transliteration (Etymon)

ethō

English translation (etymon)

to be wont

Author

Etym. Gudianum

Century

11 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 404

Ed.

E.L. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum, fasc. 1 & 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1909; 2:1920 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965)

Quotation

Ἔθος· παρὰ τὸ ἔθω, τὸ ἐξ ἔθους τι διαπράττομαι, ἐξ οὗ καὶ ἔθνος· ἑκάστῳ γὰρ ἔθνει ἴδιον ἔθος ἕπεται. 

Translation (En)

Ethos "custom": from ethō "to be accustomed to doing something", from which also comes ethnos "people", for each people has their own customs

Comment

Derivational etymology correctly relating the two words

Parallels

Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 319 (Ἔθος: Εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ ἐτεὸν, τὸ ἀληθές· ὅπερ καὶ ἐτὸς λέγεται· καὶ παρὰ <τοῦτο> ἔθος τὸ ἀεὶ ὡσαύτως ἔχον. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔθω, τὸ ἐξ ἔθους ἔχω, γίνεται ἔθος, ὡς μένω, μένος· σθένω, σθένος); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 108 (Ἔθος· εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ ἐτεὸν τὸ ἀληθές, ὅπερ καὶ ἐτὸς λέγεται καὶ παρὰ τοῦτο ἔθος τὸ ἀεὶ ὡσαύτως ἔχον· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔθω τὸ ἐξ ἔθους ἔχω γίνεται ἔθος, ὡς μένω μένος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 622 (idem)

Modern etymology

From *swedh-os-, originally identical with ἦθος. Belongs with ἐθίζω, εἴωθα. Cognate with Ved. svadhā́- "custom" (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG no longer has the noun but still has the verb εθίζω

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