English
conscription
Conscription comes from Latin cōnscriptiō ‘levying of troops’, from cōnscrībō ‘to enroll or enlist, levy’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kréybʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*skreiβō‘to carve’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrībō‘to write’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnscrībō‘to enroll or enlist, levy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnscriptiō‘levying of troops’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600conscription
- Englishearliest quotation 1679–1715same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kréybʰetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*skreiβō‘to carve’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrībō‘to write’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnscrībō‘to enroll or enlist, levy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnscriptiō‘levying of troops’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600conscription
- Englishearliest quotation 1679–1715same form
Earliest quotation: 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, (please specify the page): “conscription of men of war”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
through Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
scripture, prescription, transcript, shriver, inscription, ascribe, scriptural, transcribe, nondescript, inscribe, descript, 28 more
through Latin scrībō ‘to write’
description, script, prescribe, scribe, shrift, scrivener, 37 more
through Latin cōnscrībō ‘to enroll or enlist, levy’
Today it means
noun Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti / conscription