ἐννέα (Ancient Greek)

Where does "ἐννέα" come from?

The Ancient Greek word for nine, ἐννέα, originates from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁néwn̥. This ancient base traveled through Proto-Hellenic to reach Greek while sharing a common ancestor with words for nine in many other languages, such as the Latin 'novem' and the English 'nine'.

Full etymology tree

• ἐννέα (ennéa) (Ancient Greek), 'nine'
  • inherited *ennéwə (Proto-Hellenic), 'nine'
    • inherited *h₁néwn̥ (Proto-Indo-European), 'nine'
      • derived *néwos (Proto-Indo-European), 'new'
      • derived *en (Proto-Indo-European)
      • derived *h₁enu- (Proto-Indo-European)
      • derived *h₁new (Proto-Indo-European)

Ancestors

• *ennéwə (Proto-Hellenic)
• *h₁néwn̥ (Proto-Indo-European)

Cognates and doublets

• nine (English)
• novem (Latin)
• ինն (Old Armenian)
• nigon (Old English)
• नव (Sanskrit)

Descendants and derived words

• ἐννῆμαρ (Ancient Greek)
• ennea- (English)

Updated July 2026

More words starting with OTHER

Etymology data from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · About Miraris