αὐθέντης
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a perpetrator of any act, especially that he commits a murder with his own hand
- a suicide, a person who has intentionally killed himself
- an absolute ruler, an autocrat
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek *ἕντης derived from Proto-Indo-European *senh₁- (prepare, work on, succeed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*senh₁-
Gloss
prepare, work on, succeed
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- effendi English
- authenticus Latin
- эфенди Russian
- *ἕντης Ancient Greek
- αὐθεντικός Ancient Greek
- *senh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- autentisk Norwegian Bokmål
- autentisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- أفندي Arabic
- efendija Serbo-Croatian
- ефендија Serbo-Croatian
- էֆենդի Armenian
- αυθεντικός Greek (modern)
- αφέντη Greek (modern)
- αφέντης Greek (modern)
- efendi Turkish
- افندی Ottoman Turkish
- ეფენდი Georgian
- afendi Aromanian
- afendu Aromanian
- afande Swahili