English
arent
Arent comes from Latin ārēns ‘drying, parching’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- ‘to be dry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eHs-‘to be dry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eHs-eh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*āzēōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāreō‘to be dry or parched’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEārēns‘drying, parching’present participle of āreō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEārentemaccusative singular form of ārēns
- Englishearliest quotation 1607arent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eHs-‘to be dry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eHs-eh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*āzēōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEāreō‘to be dry or parched’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEārēns‘drying, parching’present participle of āreō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEārentemaccusative singular form of ārēns
- Englishearliest quotation 1607arent
Earliest quotation: 1607, Conradus Gesnerus [i.e., Of the Lyon: “The Lyon alſo is a ſignification of the ſunne,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- ‘to be dry’
are, star, ash, stellar, asterisk, azalea, ashy, ashen, areal, 5 more
through Proto-Italic *āzēō
through Latin āreō ‘to be dry or parched’
Today it means
adj Drying out, parching, withering.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- / arent