English
creation
Creation comes from Middle English creacion, from Old French creacion, from Latin creātiō, from creō ‘to create, make’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreō‘to create, make’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreātiōas creātiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400creacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘the process of making’
- Englishtodaycreation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreō‘to create, make’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreātiōas creātiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400creacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘the process of making’
- Englishtodaycreation
Equivalent to create + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-ti
Latin creō
Latin creātus ‘created’
Middle English createn ‘to make’
English create
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-
through Latin creō ‘create, make’
Today it means
noun Something created such as an invention or artwork.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin creō / creation