英:[æm'fɪktjɒn]
美:[æm'fɪktjɒn]
英:[æm'fɪktjɒn]
美:[æm'fɪktjɒn]
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
The first known use of amphictyon was circa 1691