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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From πάλαι (pálai, long ago) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).[1] Likely cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀨𐀍 (pa-ra-jo), which has been argued to mean “old”; this connection points to a Proto-Hellenic *palai(y)ós and casts doubt on the popularly proposed etymology from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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πᾰλαιός (palaiósm (feminine πᾰλαιᾱ́, neuter πᾰλαιόν); first/second declension

  1. old, aged
    Synonym: γεραιός (geraiós)
  2. ancient, of times past
    Synonym: ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
  3. time-honoured, venerable
  4. antiquated, outdated

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: παλιός (paliós)
  • English: paleo-, palaeo-
  • Irish: pailé-
  • German: paläo-
  • French: paléo-

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πάλαι (> DER παλαιός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1144–1145
  2. ^ John Chadwick, Lydia Baumbach (1963) “The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary”, in Glotta : Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 41, number 3/4, Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 232 of 157–271:πάλαι

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Greek

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Adjective

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παλαιός (palaiósm (feminine παλαιά, neuter παλαιό)

  1. long established, old, former, not modern, worn out

Usage notes

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  • In general, for positive forms, παλιός is more common than παλαιός, however with the degrees of comparison forms inflected from παλαιότερος and παλαιότατος are more frequent than those from παλιότερος and παλιότατος.

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