Etymology

Areopagite

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Today it means: A member of the ancient-Athenian conciliary court of the Areopagus. Full definition →

Middle English Ariopagite ← Latin arēopagīte ← Ancient Greek Ἀρεοπαγῑ́της (Areopagī́tēs)
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The story

  1. Ancient GreekἌρης (Árēs)
  2. Ancient GreekἌρειος (Áreios)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ǵ-
  4. Ancient Greekπήγνυμι (pḗgnumi)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰ́γος (pắgos)
  6. Ancient GreekἌρειος Πάγος (Áreios Págos)
  7. Ancient GreekἈρεοπαγῑ́της (Areopagī́tēs)
  8. Latinarēopagīte
  9. Middle EnglishAriopagite
  10. English todayAreopagite

Inherited from Middle English Ariopagite, a learned borrowing from Latin arēopagītes. By surface analysis, Areopagus + -ite.

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