English
application
Application comes from late Middle English applicacioun, from Old French aplicacion, from Latin applicātiō, from applicō ‘to attach, apply’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapplicō‘to join to, attach; apply’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEapplicātiō‘attachment; application’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400aplicacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500applicacioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1693application
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapplicō‘to join to, attach; apply’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEapplicātiō‘attachment; application’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400aplicacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500applicacioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1693application
Earliest quotation: 1693, John Locke, §43: “All that I have hitherto contended for, is, that…”
A compound of plicō ‘to fold, bend or flex’ + applicō ‘to apply’
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold, bend or flex’
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
Latin plicō ‘to fold, bend or flex’
Latin applicō ‘to apply’
Linked words
through Middle English applicacioun
Today it means
noun The act of physically applying or laying on.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin applicō / application