English
decertation
Decertation comes from Latin decertatio ‘decisive conflict’, from certō ‘to contend’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kritosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcertus‘resolved, certain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcertōas certare‘to contend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecertare
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecertatio‘decisive conflict’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650decertation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kritosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcertus‘resolved, certain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcertōas certare‘to contend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecertare
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecertatio‘decisive conflict’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650decertation
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “a decertation between the disease and nature”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’
crime, secret, criminal, crisis, discrimination, critic, critique, discrete, discretion, riddle, discreet, hypocrite, discriminate, endocrine, criterion, discern, excrement, rime, incriminate, excrete, excretion, criterium, incrimination, ridder, recrimination, 44 more
through Proto-Italic *kritos
certainly, certainty, ascertain, 3 more
through Latin certus ‘resolved, certain’
through Latin certō ‘to contend’
Today it means
noun contest for mastery; contention; strife
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / decertation