Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·greek ·1500s
Utopia
from οὐ + τόπος
- Meaning
- No-place — Thomas More's 1516 coinage for an imaginary perfect society.
- Source word
- οὐ + τόπος
- Route into English
- More invented the Greek-rooted word; the broader genre takes its name from his book.
- Arrived
- 1500s
English borrows.
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