Etymograph

English

ablaqueate

Ablaqueate comes from Latin ablaqueātus ‘loosened, dug up’, from ablaqueō ‘to disentangle’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *lakʷ- ‘to ensnare’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lakʷ-‘to ensnare’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaqueus‘noose’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaqueō‘noose’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablaqueō‘to disentangle’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablaqueātus‘loosened, dug up’past participle of ablaqueō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1847ablaqueate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lakʷ-‘to ensnare’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaqueus‘noose’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaqueō‘noose’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablaqueō‘to disentangle’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablaqueātus‘loosened, dug up’past participle of ablaqueō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1847ablaqueate

Earliest quotation: 1847, Thomas Keightley: “After the autumnal equinox they were to be ablaqueated…”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *lakʷ- ‘to ensnare’

interlace, 4 more

through Latin laqueus ‘noose’

lace, lash, lasso, 6 more

Today it means

verb To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lakʷ- / ablaqueate

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