English
commoration
Commoration comes from Latin commoratio ‘stay (at a place)’, from moror ‘to linger, loiter, spend time with’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- ‘to crumble, crush, destroy’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*merh₂-‘to crumble, crush, destroy’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*morh₂éh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*morāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmora‘a duration of time before an event takes place, delay’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoror‘to linger, loiter, spend time with’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommoror‘to stop, stay or remain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommoratio‘stay (at a place)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1612–1634commoration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*merh₂-‘to crumble, crush, destroy’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*morh₂éh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*morāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmora‘a duration of time before an event takes place, delay’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoror‘to linger, loiter, spend time with’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommoror‘to stop, stay or remain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcommoratio‘stay (at a place)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1612–1634commoration
Earliest quotation: 1612–1634, Joseph Hall, (please specify the page): “Or was it , that they met not with…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- ‘to crumble, crush, destroy’
through Latin mora ‘a duration of time before an event takes…’
through Latin moror ‘to linger, loiter, spend time with’
Today it means
noun residence (the act of staying or residing somewhere).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *merh₂- / commoration