English
attainder
Attainder comes from Anglo-Norman ataindre, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to touch’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teh₂g-‘to touch’root as named · steps between not traced
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400ataindre
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1593attainder
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teh₂g-‘to touch’root as named · steps between not traced
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400ataindre
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1593attainder
Earliest quotation: c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]: “He lived from all attainder of suspects.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to touch’
contact, taste, integrity, contingent, tangible, integrate, tame, taxis, contiguous, tangent, tactile, taxonomy, contagion, tact, talon, tama, contaminate, talus, ataxia, thwack, 30 more
Today it means
noun The state a prisoner entered once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- / attainder