λαός
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- people, people assembled, the people of a country
- the soldiers
- common people (as opposed to leaders or priests); the subjects of a prince
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *lāwós inherited from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wos (people).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leh₂wos
Gloss
people
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
民
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- laity English
- laicus, laĭcus Latin
- laitas Latin
- Φιλόλαος Ancient Greek
- Χαρίλαος Ancient Greek
- φίλος Ancient Greek
- χάρις Ancient Greek
- ἀκούω Ancient Greek
- Ἀκουσίλαος Ancient Greek
- *leh₂wos Proto-Indo-European
- laic Catalan, Valencian
- λαογράφος Greek (modern)
- λαογραφία Greek (modern)
- λαός Greek (modern)
- ⲗⲁⲟⲥ Coptic
- *lāwós Proto-Hellenic
- λαϝαγταει Phrygian