English
appellative
Appellative comes from Late Latin appellātīvus ‘appellative, belonging to a species’, from Latin appellō ‘to address as’, 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‘to address as’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEappellātīvus‘appellative, belonging to a species’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678appellative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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‘to address as’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEappellātīvus‘appellative, belonging to a species’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678appellative
Earliest quotation: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, London: […] Richard Royston: “as these things of nature, or natures of things,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to approach’
through Latin pellō ‘push, drive, hurl’
pulse, repeal, compulsory, propulsion, expulsion, compulsive, compel, expel, repel, propel, dispel, pelt, impel, rappel, 16 more
through Latin appellō ‘to address as’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- / appellative