ἐράω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἔρα
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
era
English translation (word)
earth
Transliteration (Etymon)
eraō
English translation (etymon)
to love
Century
11 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 515
Ed.
E.L. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum, fasc. 1 & 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1909; 2:1920 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965)
Quotation
Ἔ⟦ρα⟧· ἡ γῆ· ⟦ἐκ τοῦ ἐρῶ, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ⟧.
Translation (En)
Era "the earth". From erô "to love"
Modern etymology
Cognate with OHG era "earth", MWelsh era "field", from *h1er- (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology. From the semantic point of view, it relies on the meaning "land, fatherland" rather than on the meaning "ground, earth". The meaning "land" is never attested for ἔρα. However, this word was understood as a synonym of γῆ, which can mean "land". Thus, the etymology is formally designed for the lemma ἔρα, and semantically for a synonym of the lemma, γῆ