amphictyon
noun
am·phic·ty·on
amˈfiktēən,
-ēˌän
plural -s
: a deputy to an amphictyonic council
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from Amphictyons, plural, from Latin Amphictyones, from Greek Amphiktyones, Amphiktiones, literally, neighbors, from amphi- + -ktyones, -ktiones (from ktizein to found); akin to Sanskrit kṣeti he dwells, kṣiti abode, Avestan shitish dwelling, Armenian šen inhabited, cultivated
First Known Use
circa 1691, in the meaning defined above
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