English
apodosis
Apodosis comes from Ancient Greek ἀπόδοσις ‘giving back, restitution, return’, from δῐ́δωμῐ ‘to give’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘to give’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti1‘to be giving’reconstructedreduplicated athematic present of *deh₃-
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῐ́δωμῐ2‘to give’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀποδίδωμι3‘to give up or back, restore, return, to render what is due, pay’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀπόδοσις4apódosis‘giving back, restitution, return’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEapodosis4
- Englishtodayapodosis4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek δίδωμι
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀποδίδωμι
- 3 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀπόδοσις
- 4 Wiktionary, English apodosis
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek δίδωμι‘to give’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃tiWiktionary, Ancient Greek δίδωμι‘to be giving’reconstructedreduplicated athematic present of *deh₃-
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῐ́δωμῐWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀποδίδωμι‘to give’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀποδίδωμιWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀπόδοσις‘to give up or back, restore, return, to render what is due, pay’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀπόδοσιςWiktionary, English apodosisapódosis‘giving back, restitution, return’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEapodosisWiktionary, English apodosis
- EnglishtodayapodosisWiktionary, English apodosis
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’
date, add, addition, delicious, donate, donation, donor, vendor, rendition, dow, additive, condone, dowry, addendum, dowager, perdition, endow, dower, venta, dati, sconce, 37 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’
data, die, rent, tradition, surrender, treason, vent, render, dose, rendezvous, anecdote, dative, dacha, 18 more
through Ancient Greek δῐ́δωμῐ ‘to give’
Today it means
noun The consequential clause in a conditional sentence.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “apodosis”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek δίδωμι, Ancient Greek ἀποδίδωμι, Ancient Greek ἀπόδοσις. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / apodosis