English
staurotheke
Staurotheke comes from Ancient Greek θήκη ‘case, box’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-1‘to do’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθήκη2thḗkē‘case, box’
- Englishtodaystaurotheke2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek θήκη
- 2 Wiktionary, English staurotheke
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek θήκη‘to do’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθήκηWiktionary, English staurothekethḗkē‘case, box’
- EnglishtodaystaurothekeWiktionary, English staurotheke
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
do, fact, deal, fair, hot, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, mid, feature, defence, sufficient, theme, custom, ethnic, treasury, treasure, defendant, ethical, doom, feast, deed, dis, thesis, synthetic, theology, aesthetic, auditorium, demi, ethic, deem, auditor, spade, forfeit, feral, fanatic, familial, medial, atheist, 127 more
through Ancient Greek θήκη ‘case, box’
Today it means
noun A reliquary containing fragments of the True Cross.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “staurotheke”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek θήκη. 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 *dʰeh₁- / staurotheke