English
effodicate
Effodicate comes from Latin effodiō ‘to dig out or up, excavate, mine’, from Proto-Italic *foðjō ‘to pierce’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- ‘to dig, burrow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰedʰh₂-‘to dig, burrow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰódʰh₂eyreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*foðjō‘to pierce’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfodiō‘dig’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffodiō‘to dig out or up, excavate, mine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599effodicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰedʰh₂-‘to dig, burrow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰódʰh₂eyreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*foðjō‘to pierce’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfodiō‘dig’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffodiō‘to dig out or up, excavate, mine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599effodicate
Earliest quotation: 1599, Oswald Gäbelkover, The Boock of Physicke: “... occlude it then cloſe together, [...] a cubite…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- ‘to dig, burrow’
bed, battle, combat, battery, bat, 12 more
through Latin fodiō ‘dig’
Today it means
verb To dig up.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- / effodicate