English
Universe
Universe comes from Latin ūniversus ‘universal or universally’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūniversusas universum‘universal or universally’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400univers
- Englishearliest quotation 1669Universe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūniversusas universum‘universal or universally’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400univers
- Englishearliest quotation 1669Universe
Earliest quotation: 1669, John Nievhoff, London: John Macock: “Under our new World may alſo be compriſed thoſe…”
Every English word from Latin ūniversus
Today it means
name Our universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ūniversus / Universe