δεσπότης
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- master, lord (most commonly in the context of one who owns slaves)
- ruler, despot
- generally: owner
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *déms pótis (master of the house).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*déms pótis
Gloss
master of the house
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- domestic English
- domesticate English
- domicile English
- despota Latin
- domesticus Latin
- dominium Latin
- dominus Latin
- dominātus Latin
- domus Latin
- despoot Dutch, Flemish
- despote French
- despotique French
- domestiquer French
- mayordomo Spanish, Castilian
- δέμνιον Ancient Greek
- οἰκοδεσπότης Ancient Greek
- οἶκος Ancient Greek
- πρόδομος Ancient Greek
- ἀδέσποτος Ancient Greek
- *dem- Proto-Indo-European
- *dem-h₁-, *demh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *domos Proto-Indo-European
- *déms pótis Proto-Indo-European
- *dṓm Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European
- *temaną Proto-Germanic
- *timrijaną Proto-Germanic
- *timrą Proto-Germanic
- *tumþiz Proto-Germanic
- दम्पति Sanskrit
- adespota Old Norse
- adespotos Old Norse
- timbr Old Norse
- αδέσποτος Old Norse
- despot Danish
- despotisk Danish
- despote Old French
- δεσποτικός Greek (modern)
- δεσπότης Greek (modern)
- деспот Bulgarian
- dominant Middle French
- צימער Yiddish
- *dáms-patiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dáms-patiṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭲𐭠 Middle Persian