epoche
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˌeːˈpɔ.xə/
noun
Definitions
- epoch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin epocha borrowed from German Epoche derived from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (cessation, stop, and generally the place of a star, the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, a check, i.e, epoch of a star, hence, a historical epoch, pause, point in time).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐποχή
Gloss
cessation, stop, and generally the place of a star, the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, a check, i.e, epoch of a star, hence, a historical epoch, pause, point in time
Kanji
止