English
delate
Delate comes from Latin delātus ‘carried down or away, having been carried down…’, from ferō ‘bear, carry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘bear, carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēferō‘carry away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdelātus‘carried down or away, having been carried down or away’
- Englishearliest quotation 1586delate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘bear, carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēferō‘carry away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdelātus‘carried down or away, having been carried down or away’
- Englishearliest quotation 1586delate
Earliest quotation: 1586, William Warner, The First. Chapter I.: “His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, fortune, bearing, barn, burden, barrel, bore, fury, baron, breeze, bark, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, proffer, birr, bairn, burnish, barrette, 112 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphorus, euphoria, phosphate, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 90 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, infertility, infertile, differentially, differentiable, differentiator, 67 more
through Latin ferō ‘bear, carry’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, suffer, extraordinary, translation, differ, referendum, relative, referee, frustration, fertility, relation, fertile, strangely, extravagant, translate, relate, confer, infer, fertilization, infra, extraneous, deference, strangeness, frustrate, fertilize, ablation, collation, deferential, efferent, estrange, elation, elated, ablative, collate, dilate, oblate, 76 more
through Latin dēferō ‘carry away’
Today it means
verb To carry; to convey.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / delate