English
agnation
Agnation comes from Latin agnatio ‘consanguinity on the father's side, the…’, and goes back to agnātus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnātus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnatio‘consanguinity on the father's side, the relationship of the agnatus’
- Englishearliest quotation 1803agnation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnātus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnatio‘consanguinity on the father's side, the relationship of the agnatus’
- Englishearliest quotation 1803agnation
Earliest quotation: 1803, William Alexander Hunter: “Between an uncle and his sister's son, therefore, there…”
Every English word from Latin agnātus
Today it means
noun consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin agnātus / agnation