Etymograph

English

cenatory

Cenatory comes from Latin cenatorius ‘of or pertaining to the dinner’, from cenare ‘to dine, sup’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kertsnā‘meal’reconstructed
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcesna
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēnaas coena‘dinner, supper’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcenare‘to dine, sup’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcenatorius‘of or pertaining to the dinner’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1650cenatory

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kertsnā‘meal’reconstructed
  3. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEcesna
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcēnaas coena‘dinner, supper’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcenare‘to dine, sup’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcenatorius‘of or pertaining to the dinner’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1650cenatory

Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’

across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, shirt, score, circle, circuit, crucial, curve, scare, circus, skirt, carnival, circulation, curb, scar, scrutiny, shrine, crest, circa, cancellation, shear, shred, scorpion, raffle, carcinoma, carnage, shrewd, incarceration, crux, corona, circulate, shard, corolla, cirque, scorn, 119 more

Today it means

adj Of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / cenatory

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