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epoch

/ˈepək/EH-puhk
/ˈɛpək/EH-puhk

Meaninga pause or fixed point

Common meaning: a distinctive period of time

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SAGH‘bear, endure, hold, hold in, restrain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 380, p. 743 · scan
  2. Greekepochē‘a pause or fixed point’source
  3. Late Latinepocha‘fixed point’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsfixed point → a distinctive period of timeepoch‘a distinctive period of time’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek epochē ‘a pause or fixed point’.

Roots

  • epochē Greek “a pause or fixed point”

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