English
depute
Depute comes from Latin deputo ‘to prune’, and goes back to putus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to trim, prune, lop’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeputo‘to prune’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdéputer
- Englishearliest quotation 1611depute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to trim, prune, lop’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdeputo‘to prune’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdéputer
- Englishearliest quotation 1611depute
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “There is no man deputed of the king to…”
Linked words
through Latin putus
discount, counter, countable, puta, 8 more
through Latin putō ‘to trim, prune, lop’
account, count, dispute, imp, computation, compute, amputation, putative, indisputable, indisputably, amputee, imputation, raconteur, amputate, disputation, repute, disputable, 10 more
Today it means
verb To assign (someone or something) to or for something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin putus / depute