σχεδόν

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (to hold) + a suffix -δον (-don). Related to ἔχω (ékhō, I hold).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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σχεδόν (skhedón)

  1. near, nearby
  2. nearly, almost

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: σχεδόν (schedón)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σχεδόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1436

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σχεδόν (skhedón).

Adverb

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σχεδόν (schedón)

  1. almost