encyclopaedia
Meaningall-round learning
Common meaning: a reference work covering every subject
- enin, into
- cycla ring, circle, wheelLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 856 · scan
- paeda childLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1109 · scan
- ianoun ending (Latin/Greek) for a field or condition
‘in, into’ + ‘a ring, circle, wheel’ + ‘a child’ → encyclopaedia
Journey through time
- cycl — Greek κύκλος “a ring, circle, wheel” (path traced)
- paed — Greek παῖς, παιδός “a child” (path traced)
- Greekκύκλος + παῖς, παιδός‘a ring, circle, wheel + a child’
- Englishencyclopaedia‘a reference work covering every subject’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek κύκλος ‘a ring, circle, wheel’ + Greek παῖς ‘a child’.
Did you know (Greek pais, paidos,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry παῖς, p. 1109 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek kyklos, "a…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry κύκλος, p. 856 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ENCYCLOPAEDIA, p. 190 · dictionary scan
Roots
- κύκλος Greek “a ring, circle, wheel”
- παῖς, παιδός Greek “a child”
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