Etymograph

English

Prairial

Prairial comes from French prairial ‘relating to pastures, grasslands’, from Old French praerie ‘meadow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘to bend’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preh₂-‘to bend’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprātum‘meadow’
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pratariareconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400praerie‘meadow’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentprairie‘meadow, prairie, pasture’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentprairial‘relating to pastures, grasslands’
  7. EnglishtodayPrairial

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preh₂-‘to bend’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprātum‘meadow’
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pratariareconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400praerie‘meadow’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentprairie‘meadow, prairie, pasture’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentprairial‘relating to pastures, grasslands’
  7. EnglishtodayPrairial

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘to bend’

for, first, premier, prestigious, forbid, preface, primer, prefix, primate, precede, preeminent, parley, primacy, prescient, parasol, impregnate, 18 more

through Latin prātum ‘meadow’

portobello, 3 more

Today it means

name The ninth month of the French Republican Calendar, from May 20 or 21 to June 18 or 19.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- / Prairial

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