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Ancient Greek words first recorded in the 8th century

1 Ancient Greek word whose earliest known written record dates from the 8th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

1. λεξικός

   800–899

   It is from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word, speech”) + -ικός (-ikós). λέξις (léxis) comes from λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

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