Etymograph

English

dormition

Dormition comes from Latin dormītiō ‘sleep, sleeping’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *drem-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dr̥m-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dormiō‘to sleep’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormiō‘to sleep’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormītiōas dormītiōnem‘sleep, sleeping’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dormition
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2009same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dr̥m-yé-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dormiō‘to sleep’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormiō‘to sleep’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdormītiōas dormītiōnem‘sleep, sleeping’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dormition
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2009same form

Earliest quotation: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: “The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *drem-

syndrome, dromedary, 25 more

through Proto-Italic *dormiō ‘to sleep’

dormer, 4 more

through Latin dormiō ‘to sleep’

dormant, 3 more

Today it means

noun The process of falling asleep.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *drem- / dormition

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