English
emulge
Emulge comes from Latin emulgeo ‘to milk out’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂molǵéyeti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂molǵéyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*molgeō‘to milk’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmulgeō‘milk, extract’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemulgeo‘to milk out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1701emulge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂molǵéyetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*molgeō‘to milk’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmulgeō‘milk, extract’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemulgeo‘to milk out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1701emulge
Earliest quotation: 1701, Peter Paxton: “the Water cannot so readily subside and fall downwards…”
A compound of emulgeo ‘to milk out’ + mulgeo ‘to milk’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- ‘to milk’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂molǵéyeti
Proto-Italic *molgeō ‘to milk’
Latin mulgeō ‘milk, extract’
Latin emulgeo ‘to milk out’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- ‘to milk’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂molǵéyeti
Proto-Italic *molgeō ‘to milk’
Latin mulgeo ‘to milk’
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂molǵéyeti
Today it means
verb To milk out; to drain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂molǵéyeti / emulge