Etymograph

English

adustion

Adustion comes from Latin adustiō ‘burning’, from adūrō ‘to singe, scorch, burn’, and ultimately from 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 CEadūrō‘to singe, scorch, burn’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadustiō‘burning’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1607adustion

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 CEadūrō‘to singe, scorch, burn’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadustiō‘burning’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1607adustion

Earliest quotation: 1607, Edward Topsell: “some use to apply this to the fat, but…”

Linked words

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

ware, primavera, 23 more

through Latin ūrō ‘to burn, consume, inflame’

urn, combustion, urticaria, combust, 20 more

Today it means

noun The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.

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

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

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