ἔθνος

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • group of people: tribe, family
  • group of animals: flock, herd
  • country, nation
  • (later) foreign nations, barbarians
  • (Jewish and Christian usage) gentiles, heathen
  • class, caste

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ-no-, *swé (self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside), *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

哺

Emoji

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