English
appeal
Appeal comes from Middle English apel, from Old French apel ‘a call’, from apeler ‘to call’, from Latin appellō ‘to address’, from ad- + pellō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnō‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘to push, drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappellō‘to address, call by name’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400apeler‘to call’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400apel‘a call’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500apel
- Englishearliest quotation 1595appeal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnō‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘to push, drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappellō‘to address, call by name’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400apeler‘to call’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400apel‘a call’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500apel
- Englishearliest quotation 1595appeal
Earliest quotation: 1595, The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto): “Ovld Iohn of Gaunt time honoured Lancaſter, / Haſt…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to approach’
through Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’
impulse, repellent, repulse, 10 more
through Latin pellō ‘to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel’
pulse, compulsory, propulsion, expulsion, compulsive, repeal, compel, expel, repel, propel, dispel, appellate, pelt, impel, 16 more
through Latin appellāre
Another origin of appeal
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pelh₂-‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘push, drive, hurl’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappellōas appellāre‘to address, to call by name’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400apeler‘to call’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500apelen
- Englishtodayappeal
Today it means
noun An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *pelnō / appeal