English
circumcision
Circumcision comes from Latin circumcīsiō ‘circumcision, a cutting around’, from caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘to cut, hew, fell’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircumcīdō‘cut around’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircumcīsiō‘circumcision, a cutting around’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400circumcisioun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500circumcisioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1697circumcision
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘to cut, hew, fell’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircumcīdō‘cut around’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcircumcīsiō‘circumcision, a cutting around’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400circumcisioun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500circumcisioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1697circumcision
Earliest quotation: 1697, Benjamin Keach: “So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
through Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’
through Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’
decision, cement, precise, concise, chisel, scissor, incision, incisive, excision, incisor, caesium, 27 more
Today it means
noun The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / circumcision