deis
Middle English
/dɛi̯s/
noun
Definitions
- podium, dais
- high table
- (figuratively) An office or position and the authority it gives.
Etymology
Borrowed from deis derived from Latin discus (disk, disc) derived from Ancient Greek δίσκος (platter, quoit, disk, a circular plate suited for hurling, discus, disc, tray).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δίσκος
Gloss
platter, quoit, disk, a circular plate suited for hurling, discus, disc, tray
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dais English
- disk English
- diskos English
- discalis Latin
- disculus Latin
- discum Latin
- discus Latin
- Diskus German
- desco Italian
- disco Italian
- discus Dutch, Flemish
- disque French
- диск Russian
- δίσκος Ancient Greek
- diskos Norwegian Bokmål
- *disk Proto-Germanic
- *diskuz Proto-Germanic
- diskos Norwegian Nynorsk
- disc Old English
- *dъska Proto-Slavic
- deis Old French
- disko Esperanto
- disc Catalan, Valencian
- δίσκος Greek (modern)
- tisc Old High German
- dhisk Albanian
- dishtë Albanian
- *disk gmw-pro
- disc Old Saxon
- deis xno
- דיסקוס Aramaic
- desco roa-oit