English
adempt
Adempt comes from Latin ademptum, from adimo ‘to take away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘buy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadimo‘to take away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEademptumpast participle of adimo
- Englishearliest quotation 1549adempt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘buy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadimo‘to take away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEademptumpast participle of adimo
- Englishearliest quotation 1549adempt
Earliest quotation: 1549, Hugh Latimer, To the reader: “without any sinister suspicion of any thing in the…”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 46 more
through Latin emō ‘buy’
consumer, resume, premium, consume, assumption, ransom, redemption, exemption, redeem, résumé, consumable, overconsumption, preemption, emptor, 41 more
Today it means
verb To take away.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / adempt