myEtymology.com: English etymology of hypotheca

Etymology of the English word hypotheca

the English word hypotheca

derived from the English word theca

derived from the New Latin word theca (envelope, sheath; case, box; that which encloses; suitcase)

derived from the Greek word theke, θήκη (a receptacle; scabbard)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhē-

derived from the Greek word tithemi, τίϑημι

using the English prefix hypo-

derived from the Greek prefix hupo-, ὑπο-, ὑπό-

derived from the Greek word hupo, ὑπό (under, beneath, underneath)