English
diezeugmenon
Diezeugmenon comes from Ancient Greek διεζευγμένων ‘of the transposed (notes)’, from ζεύγνυμι ‘to have one's beasts yoked’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-1‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζεύγνυμι2‘to have one's beasts yoked’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδιεζευγμένων2diezeugménōn‘of the transposed (notes)’
- Englishtodaydiezeugmenon2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ζεύγνυμι
- 2 Wiktionary, English diezeugmenon
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*yewg-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ζεύγνυμι‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEζεύγνυμιWiktionary, English diezeugmenon‘to have one's beasts yoked’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδιεζευγμένωνWiktionary, English diezeugmenondiezeugménōn‘of the transposed (notes)’
- EnglishtodaydiezeugmenonWiktionary, English diezeugmenon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’
join, yoga, conjunction, junction, adjunct, yogi, yoke, juncture, jodi, jugular, conjugate, conjugation, zygote, subjugate, yojana, yuga, 40 more
Today it means
noun The last tetrachord, in the case where two tetrachords were placed separately from each other, but with only the interval of a tone between them.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “diezeugmenon”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek ζεύγνυμι. 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 *yewg- / diezeugmenon