Etymograph

English

adure

Adure comes from Latin adūrō ‘to singe, scorch, burn’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ews-‘to burn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éwseti‘to burn’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ouzōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūrō‘to burn, consume, inflame’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadūrōas adūrere‘to singe, scorch, burn’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1627adure

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ews-‘to burn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éwseti‘to burn’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ouzōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūrō‘to burn, consume, inflame’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadūrōas adūrere‘to singe, scorch, burn’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1627adure

Earliest quotation: 1627, (please specify the page, or |century=I to X): “Such a degree of heat, which doth neither melt…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- ‘to burn’

ware, primavera, 23 more

through Latin ūrō ‘to burn, consume, inflame’

combustion, urn, combust, urticaria, 20 more

Today it means

verb To burn, completely or slightly.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- / adure

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