epocha
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (Medieval Latin) age, period, time, season, epoch (particular period of history)
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (cessation, stop, and generally the place of a star, the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, a check, i.e, epoch of a star, hence, a historical epoch, pause, point in time).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐποχή
Gloss
cessation, stop, and generally the place of a star, the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, a check, i.e, epoch of a star, hence, a historical epoch, pause, point in time
Kanji
止
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- epoch English
- epochal English
- epochful English
- epochless English
- epochmaking English
- epochwise English
- subepoch English
- Epoche German
- epoche Dutch, Flemish
- époque French
- época Spanish, Castilian
- ἐπέχω Ancient Greek
- ἐποχή Ancient Greek
- *seǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- epoke Norwegian Bokmål
- época Portuguese
- epoke Norwegian Nynorsk
- època Catalan, Valencian
- εποχή Greek (modern)
- èbbica Sicilian