κομμόω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Unconvincing attempts have been made to link the word to similar words such as κόσμος (kósmos, order; mode, fashion) and κομψός (kompsós, refined, elegant; clever). Solmsen's derivation from an earlier *κομώ (*komṓ), from κομέω (koméō, to take care of, tend to), as well as Bailly's connection to κόπτω (kóptō, to strike, cut),[1] are rather tenuous. In view of the word's culture-based semantic category and lack of solid internal derivation, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek borrowing.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κομμόω • (kommóō)

  1. to embellish, adorn

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • κομμός (kommós, elaborate adornment)
  • κομμώ (kommṓ, priestess arranging the (seated) statue of Athena)
  • κόμμωμα (kómmōma, ornament)
  • κόμμωσις (kómmōsis, ornamentation)
  • κομμωτής (kommōtḗs, (hair)dresser)
  • κομμωτίζω (kommōtízō, to take care of)
  • κομμωτική (kommōtikḗ, art of cleaning)
  • κομμωτικός (kommōtikós, belonging to cleaning, polishing)
  • κομμώτρια (kommṓtria, servant girl)
  • κομμώτριον (kommṓtrion, cleaning product)

References

  1. ^ κομμόω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κομμόομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 744

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