English
dirempt
Dirempt comes from Latin dirēmptus ‘separated, divided, having been taken apart’, from emō ‘buy, purchase’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take, distribute’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdirimō‘separate, divide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdirēmptusas *diremptō‘separated, divided, having been taken apart’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1909dirempt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take, distribute’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdirimō‘separate, divide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdirēmptusas *diremptō‘separated, divided, having been taken apart’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1909dirempt
Earliest quotation: 1909, William James, The Function of Cognition: “But does it not seem more proper to call…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 46 more
through Latin emō ‘buy, purchase’
consumer, premium, resume, consume, assumption, ransom, redemption, exemption, redeem, résumé, consumable, overconsumption, preemption, emptor, 41 more
Today it means
verb To separate; to divide; to break off.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / dirempt