Etymograph

English

emarginate

Emarginate comes from Latin emarginō ‘to deprive (something) of its edge’, from marginō ‘to (act as a) border, enclose’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mórǵs‘boundary, border’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmargō‘border, margin, edge’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarginō‘to (act as a) border, enclose’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemarginōas emarginare‘to deprive (something) of its edge’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1909emarginate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mórǵs‘boundary, border’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmargō‘border, margin, edge’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarginō‘to (act as a) border, enclose’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemarginōas emarginare‘to deprive (something) of its edge’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1909emarginate

Earliest quotation: 1909, William John Sinclair, Mammalia of the Santa Cruz Beds: Typotheria. I.: “The radius resembles that of Nesodon in form, but…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs ‘boundary, border’

march, mark, marginal, 6 more

through Latin margō ‘border, margin, edge’

margin, marge, margo, 4 more

Today it means

adj With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs / emarginate

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