Art & MusicGreek → English
Encyclopedia
A reference work covering many branches of knowledge.
The Greek roots
ἐγκύκλιος
enkýklios
all-round, general
παιδεία
paideía
education
Literally: “well-rounded education”
The story of the word
From enkýklios paideía, the 'all-round education' a Greek citizen was meant to have — the whole circle of learning.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
He read the encyclopedia cover to cover.