English
ampute
Ampute may come from French amputer ‘to amputate’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentamputer‘to amputate’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1844ampute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentamputer‘to amputate’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1844ampute
Earliest quotation: 1844, William Dallas Bernard, Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis: “Besides the loss already mentioned, the 49th had three…”
Linked words
through Latin putus
discount, counter, countable, puta, 10 more
through Latin putō ‘cut back, prune’
account, count, dispute, imp, computation, putative, indisputable, compute, indisputably, raconteur, repute, imputation, disputation, disputable, depute, 12 more
Today it means
verb To amputate (a limb).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French amputer / ampute