Etymograph

English

constult

Constult comes from Latin stultus ‘foolish’, from Proto-Italic *stoltos ‘stupid’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to set, be stiff’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-‘to set, be stiff’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stoltos‘stupid’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstultus‘foolish’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1594constult

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*stel-‘to set, be stiff’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*stoltos‘stupid’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstultus‘foolish’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1594constult

Earliest quotation: 1594, William Kemp, A Knacke to knowe a Knaue: “Now let vs conſtult among our ſelues, How to…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to set, be stiff’

local, allow, location, stole, locate, install, stall, lieu, stool, apostle, stalk, stale, locus, locator, loco, epistle, locative, stele, apostolate, stela, stell, stolid, 30 more

Today it means

verb To act together in a foolish or stupid manner, to become as great a fool as those around, to behave as much in a foolish or stupid manner as those around.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *stel- / constult

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