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

Time Traveler

The first known use of amphictyon was circa 1691

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