period
/ˈpɪɹiəd/PIH-ree-uhd
/ˈpɪɹiəd/PIH-ree-uhd
Meaninga way around
Common meaning: a length of time
- periaround
- oda way, road; a journeyLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 543 · scan
‘around’ + ‘a way, road’ → period
Journey through time
- Greekὁδός‘a way, road’
- Latinperiodus
- Frenchperiode
- Englishperiod‘a length of time’ · today
peri- also in: peripheryperiscopepericardiumperiodontal
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 ὁδός ‘a way, road; a journey’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry ὁδός, p. 543 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ὁδός Greek “a way, road; a journey”
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