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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