English
ad verecundiam
Ad verecundiam comes from Latin argumentum ad verecundiam ‘argument to modesty’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEargumentum ad verecundiam‘argument to modesty’
- Englishtodayad verecundiam
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEargumentum ad verecundiam‘argument to modesty’
- Englishtodayad verecundiam
The story
Shortened from Latin argumentum ad verecundiam (‘argument to modesty’).
Every English word from Latin argumentum ad verecundiam
Today it means
noun Appeal to authority, argument from authority.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin argumentum ad verecundiam / ad verecundiam