καινοτομία

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly, from Koine Greek καινοτομία (novelty, strangeness) (the ancient sense: "invention").[1] By surface analysis, καινο- +‎ -τομία from καινός (kainós, new) and τομή (tomḗ, intersection), τέμνω (témnō, cut).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ce.no.toˈmi.a/
  • Hyphenation: και‧νο‧το‧μί‧α

Noun

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καινοτομία (kainotomíaf (plural καινοτομίες)

  1. innovation, novelty

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ καινοτομία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language