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koi⋅ne

  [koi-ney, koi-ney]
–noun
1. (usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
2. a lingua franca.
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Origin:
1910–15; < Gk koin (diálektos) common (dialect); see ceno- 2
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Koi·ne   (koi-nā', koi'nā')   
n.  

  1. A dialect of Greek that developed primarily from Attic and became the common language of the Hellenistic world, from which later stages of Greek are descended.

  2. koine A lingua franca.

  3. koine A regional dialect or language that becomes the standard language over a wider area, losing its most extreme local features.


[From Greek (hē) koinē (dialektos), common (language), feminine of koinos, common; see kom in Indo-European roots.]
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koine 
1913, common literary dialect of Gk. in Roman and early medieval period, from Gk. fem. sing. of koinos "common, ordinary."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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