κρήδεμνον

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

A veil or headscarf worn by women, keeping together three items of ornamental hair binding: ἄμπυξ (frontlet), κεκρύφαλος (hairnet, snood) and ἀναδέσμη (headband)
(figurative) the edge or the top of city walls
(figurative) the top covering of a wine or storage vessel

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek κράς (head) + Ancient Greek δέω (bind, tie, need, lack, I bind, sense tie, at its sense need)+ Ancient Greek grc (seeming, belonging to, sea, power, glory, city, male name suffix, like, shield, appearing, of, pertaining to)+ Ancient Greek κᾰ́ρᾱ (head).

Origin

Ancient Greek

κᾰ́ρᾱ

Gloss

head

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

頭

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

arytenoid English
arytaenoides Latin
cara Latin
acidaspide Italian
polyadène French
grc Ancient Greek
Διαγόρας Ancient Greek
Διογένης Ancient Greek
Διοκλῆς Ancient Greek
Διομήδης Ancient Greek
Διοφάνης Ancient Greek
Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
Καλλιόπη Ancient Greek
Κυνὸς Κεφαλαί Ancient Greek
Κυνὸς Σῆμα Ancient Greek
Σωκράτης Ancient Greek
δέω Ancient Greek
δεσμός Ancient Greek
κεχηνώδης Ancient Greek
κράς Ancient Greek
κρουστός Ancient Greek
κτηνοβάτης Ancient Greek
κυνίδιον Ancient Greek
κυνόδους Ancient Greek
κυνόδων Ancient Greek
κυνόμαζον Ancient Greek
κυνόροδον Ancient Greek
κᾰ́ρᾱ Ancient Greek
λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
νεοδαμώδης Ancient Greek
παλαιοράφος Ancient Greek
στυλοβάτης Ancient Greek
συμφυρμός Ancient Greek
συνδέω Ancient Greek
σύνδετος Ancient Greek
ψηφοφόρος Ancient Greek
ψιλογραφέω Ancient Greek
ἀλεκτρυών Ancient Greek
ἀμφιδέα Ancient Greek
ἀμφιδέω Ancient Greek
ἀναδέω Ancient Greek
ἀρυταινοειδής Ancient Greek
ἀσύνδετον Ancient Greek
ἀσύνδετος Ancient Greek
ἀφαίρεσις Ancient Greek
ἑλέπολις Ancient Greek
ἑνδέκατος Ancient Greek
ἕνδεκα Ancient Greek
Ἑλλήσποντος Ancient Greek
Ἡρόδοτος Ancient Greek
ἰσοψηφία Ancient Greek
ὑποδεέστερος Ancient Greek
*deh₁- Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerh₂-, *ḱr̥h₂-(e)s-n- Proto-Indo-European
δέω Greek (modern)