English
emptor
Emptor comes from Latin ēmptor ‘buyer, purchaser’, from emō ‘to buy’, 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‘to buy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmptor‘buyer, purchaser’supine theme of emō
- Englishearliest quotation 1923emptor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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‘to buy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmptor‘buyer, purchaser’supine theme of emō
- Englishearliest quotation 1923emptor
Earliest quotation: 1923, Emeric Hulme Beaman, A Matter of Principle: “The point at issue seems to be now a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 56 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 47 more
through Latin emō ‘to buy’
consumer, resume, premium, consume, assumption, ransom, redemption, redeem, exemption, résumé, consumable, overconsumption, preemption, 42 more
Today it means
noun Buyer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / emptor