Etymology

empanoply

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Today it means: To dress in a full suit of armour; to panoply. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πᾰνοπλῐ́ᾱ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπᾰνοπλῐ́ᾱ“suit of armour”
  2. English todayempanoply

From em- (prefix meaning ‘on, onto; covered’) + panoply (“complete set of armour”); panoply is derived from Ancient Greek πᾰνοπλῐ́ᾱ (pănoplĭ́ā, “suit of armour”), from πάνοπλος (pánoplos, “in full armour”) (from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) + ὅπλον (hóplon, “armour; arms, weapons”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

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