Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps of Pre-Greek origin. Furnée compares δάπτω (dáptō), Latin daps and damnum. Kluge compares Proto-Germanic *tēwō (to regular, arrange (a meal)), source of Gothic 𐍄𐌴𐍅𐌰 (tēwa), German Zeche, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (to fit).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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δεῖπνον (deîpnonn (genitive δείπνου); second declension

  1. meal
  2. (in general) food, provender

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: δείπνο (deípno)

Further reading

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Zeche”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891