Etymograph

English

arctation

Arctation comes from Latin arctus ‘shut in, narrow’, from Proto-Italic *arkeō ‘to contain’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- ‘to protect’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂erk-‘to protect’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂orkéyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*arkeō‘to contain’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarceōas arcere, past participle‘to shut in’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarctus‘shut in, narrow’
  6. Englishtodayarctation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂erk-‘to protect’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂orkéyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*arkeō‘to contain’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarceōas arcere, past participle‘to shut in’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarctus‘shut in, narrow’
  6. Englishtodayarctation

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- ‘to protect’

ogre, arcane, 2 more

through Latin arceō ‘to shut in’

ark, coercion, coerce, arcana, 1 more

Today it means

noun Stenosis.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- / arctation

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