English
dehort
Dehort comes from Latin dēhortor ‘to deter, dissuade’, from hortor ‘to encourage, exhort, urge’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to yearn for’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰer-‘to yearn for’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhortor‘to encourage, exhort, urge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēhortor‘to deter, dissuade’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdehortārīpresent active infinitive of dēhortor
- Englishearliest quotation 1580dehort
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰer-‘to yearn for’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhortor‘to encourage, exhort, urge’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēhortor‘to deter, dissuade’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdehortārīpresent active infinitive of dēhortor
- Englishearliest quotation 1580dehort
Earliest quotation: 1580, James Bisse, The ii. Sermon: “Behold I haue opened vnto you the woorkes of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to yearn for’
grand, grill, greedy, charismatic, grit, growl, grime, yearn, chromatic, grout, yar, grisly, ochre, grist, grimace, 16 more
through Latin hortor ‘to encourage, exhort, urge’
Today it means
verb To dissuade.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- / dehort