English
appellate
Appellate comes from Latin appellātus ‘addressed as, having been addressed as, called…’, from pellō ‘push, drive, hurl’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to approach’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pelh₂-‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘push, drive, hurl’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappellō‘address as, call by name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappellātus‘addressed as, having been addressed as, called by name, having been called by name’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002appellate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pelh₂-‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘push, drive, hurl’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappellō‘address as, call by name’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEappellātus‘addressed as, having been addressed as, called by name, having been called by name’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002appellate
Earliest quotation: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: “In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to approach’
through Latin pellō ‘push, drive, hurl’
pulse, compulsory, repeal, propulsion, expulsion, compulsive, compel, expel, repel, propel, dispel, pelt, impel, rappel, 16 more
through Latin appellō ‘address as, call by name’
Today it means
adj That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- / appellate