Etymograph

English

contusion

Contusion comes from Latin contūsus ‘beaten to a pulp’, from contundō ‘to beat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tunédti ‘to be pushing, hitting’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tunédti‘to be pushing, hitting’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tundō‘to beat, strike’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtundō‘to beat’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontundō‘to beat’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontūsus‘beaten to a pulp’past participle of contundō
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontūsiōnem
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600contusion
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tunédti‘to be pushing, hitting’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tundō‘to beat, strike’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtundō‘to beat’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontundō‘to beat’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontūsus‘beaten to a pulp’past participle of contundō
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontūsiōnem
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600contusion
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin tundō ‘to beat’

obtuse, 6 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of bruise.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)tunédti / contusion

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