English
esthiomene
Esthiomene comes from Ancient Greek ἐσθίω ‘eat, consume’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-1‘to eat’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐσθίω2esthíō‘eat, consume’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916esthiomene2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἐσθίω
- 2 Wiktionary, English esthiomene
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1916, William Phillips Graves, Gynecology: “Esthiomene simulates in its appearance cancer and lupus, from…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ed-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἐσθίω‘to eat’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐσθίωWiktionary, English esthiomeneesthíō‘eat, consume’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916esthiomeneWiktionary, English esthiomene. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1916, William Phillips Graves, Gynecology: “Esthiomene simulates in its appearance cancer and lupus, from…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’
eat, et, anna, ana, obesity, edible, fret, ent, etch, phage, anodyne, esca, 20 more
Today it means
noun Elephantiasis of the vulva, particularly the labia.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “esthiomene”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek ἐσθίω. 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 *h₁ed- / esthiomene