English
crastination
Crastination comes from Latin crastinus ‘of tomorrow’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *krās.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krās‘tomorrow’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcras‘tomorrow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrastinus‘of tomorrow’
- Englishtodaycrastination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*krās‘tomorrow’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcras‘tomorrow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrastinus‘of tomorrow’
- Englishtodaycrastination
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‘head, top’
horn, cheer, hart, cerebral, grail, corny, crater, migraine, cornea, cairn, cornet, carotid, cerebellum, cranium, cerebrum, rother, keratin, 51 more
through Latin crastinus ‘of tomorrow’
Today it means
noun procrastination; delaying things until later
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *krās / crastination