Ancient Greek words first recorded in the 8th century BC

It is formed from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -ιος (-ios), an adjective of time with the common suffix of appurtenance. The base χρόνος (khrónos) is the ordinary Greek word for time.

It is from Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “place, space”) + -έω (-éō), first meaning “to make room”. Beekes lists it among the derivatives of Ancient Greek χώρα (khṓrā, “space, land”). The further…

It is a by-form of χώρα (khṓrā, “space, land”), with the same root and meaning. Their origin is uncertain. Frisk analyses both words as formed with a suffix -ρ- like that of ἀγρός (agrós) and ἕδρα…

It is usually explained as a blend from Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”) + ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”). Beekes finds that view far from certain, since it depends on the etymology of ψάμμος…

The origin is uncertain. Wiktionary derives it from Proto-Hellenic *spḗr and Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”), the source of the English word sparrow. Beekes, Frisk and Chantraine give it…

The origin is unknown. Beekes finds semantic parallels in the large family of ψῆν (psên, “to rub”), but the formation, compare ψωλός (psōlós), remains unclear, and he also compares ψίω (psíō)…

It is perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ō, an interjection. Similar interjections, some created independently and some related, are found in other Indo-European languages: Latin ō…

The adverb and conjunction are an old instrumental-ablative from Ancient Greek ὅς (hós), the relative pronoun “who, which”, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yós. Beekes compares Sanskrit यात् (yā́t), the…

It is an old formation with a lengthened vowel beside from Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “eye, face”). ὄψ continues *ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs, a root noun of *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”), the root of…