Etymograph

English

rhason

Rhason comes from Ancient Greek ῥάσον.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥάσον1rháson
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1998rhason1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rhason
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedi: “The inner rhason corresponds to the cassock and, like…”.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥάσονWiktionary, English rhasonrháson
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1998rhasonWiktionary, English rhason. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedi: “The inner rhason corresponds to the cassock and, like…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek ῥάσον

Today it means

noun The clerical garb worn in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rhason”. 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 / Ancient Greek ῥάσον / rhason

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