English
encharge
Encharge comes from Old French enchargier ‘to load’, from Latin carrus ‘a wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-‘to run’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥sós‘vehicle, literally runner’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*karros‘wagon’reconstructed
- Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CEsame form‘wagon’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarrus‘a wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarricāre
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*incarricāre‘to load, burden’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400enchargier‘to load’
- Englishearliest quotation 1806encharge
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-‘to run’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥sós‘vehicle, literally runner’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*karros‘wagon’reconstructed
- Gaulishc. 500 BCE–500 CEsame form‘wagon’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarrus‘a wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcarricāre
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*incarricāre‘to load, burden’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400enchargier‘to load’
- Englishearliest quotation 1806encharge
Earliest quotation: 1806, Francis Jeffrey, Memoirs of Cumberland: “he had the art of setting them express the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’
course, current, rush, occur, hurry, curriculum, currency, corridor, courier, precursor, cursor, incur, carousel, concur, hurrah, recursive, corsair, recursion, recur, courant, succour, hussar, 41 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós ‘vehicle, literally runner’
through Latin carrus ‘a wagon, a two-wheeled baggage cart’
car, career, carry, carrier, cargo, carriage, discharge, caricature, chariot, carrack, 10 more
through Latin carricāre
Today it means
verb To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- / encharge