English
await
Await comes from Old Northern French awaitier ‘to lie in wait for, watch, observe’, from Latin ad ‘to, towards’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éd‘near, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ad‘toward, to, on, up to, for’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEad‘to, towards’
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400awaitier‘to lie in wait for, watch, observe’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500awaiten
- Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485await
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éd‘near, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ad‘toward, to, on, up to, for’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEad‘to, towards’
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400awaitier‘to lie in wait for, watch, observe’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500awaiten
- Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485await
Earliest quotation: 1470–1485, (please specify the chapter): “Also, madame, syte you well that there be many…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
through Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’
through Latin ad ‘to, towards’
agree, ad, aim, appoint, attire, amortization, adage, accolade, affix, adulation, affine, après, alliteration, apportion, adobo, apres, adroit, 20 more
Today it means
verb To wait for.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd / await