English
adjuration
Adjuration comes from Latin adiuratio ‘swearing’, from Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-‘straight, upright, right’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowos‘court of law’reconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE*iowosreconstructed
- Archaic Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCEiovesō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrō‘swear by oath’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuro‘to swear to, to put to an oath’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuratio‘swearing’past participle stem of adiuro
- Englishearliest quotation 1855adjuration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-‘straight, upright, right’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowos‘court of law’reconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE*iowosreconstructed
- Archaic Latin, derivedc. 700–75 BCEiovesō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrō‘swear by oath’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuro‘to swear to, to put to an oath’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuratio‘swearing’past participle stem of adiuro
- Englishearliest quotation 1855adjuration
Earliest quotation: 1855, – 1857 June, Charles Dickens: “The visitor, observing that she held the door on…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’
yet, jurist, injurious, 21 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos
through Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’
judge, justice, judgment, judicial, justify, judiciary, preach, prejudice, predicament, justification, predicate, judicious, adjudicate, judicature, 23 more
through Archaic Latin *iowos
through Latin iūrō ‘swear by oath’
Today it means
noun A grave warning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- / adjuration