English
association
Association comes from Latin associō ‘to join (to), unite or associate (with)’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEassociō‘to join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassociātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1837association
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEassociō‘to join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassociātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1837association
Earliest quotation: 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Fête at Sir Robert Walpole’s Continued: “Well," exclaimed Lady Marchmont, breathing the perfume with which…”
A compound of socius ‘sharing, joining in, partaking, associated’ + sociō ‘to unite, join, ally, associate with’ + associō ‘to join (to), unite or associate (with)’
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy ‘follower in one's retinue’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos ‘companion’
Latin sokios
Latin socius ‘sharing, joining in, partaking, associated’
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy ‘follower in one's retinue’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos ‘companion’
Latin sokios
Latin socius ‘sharing, joining in, partaking, associated’
Latin sociō ‘to unite, join, ally, associate with’
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy ‘follower in one's retinue’
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos ‘companion’
Latin sokios
Latin socius ‘sharing, joining in, partaking, associated’
Latin sociō ‘to unite, join, ally, associate with’
Latin associō ‘to join (to), unite or associate (with)’
The story
The Philippine sense is a calque of Spanish gremio.
Every English word from Latin associō
Today it means
noun The act of associating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin associō / association