English
enervate
Enervate comes from Latin ēnervātus ‘enervated’, from ēnervō ‘to weaken’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ ‘sinew, tendon’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*snḗh₁wr̥‘sinew, tendon’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(s)nēurosreconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*neurosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnervus‘vigor, force, power, strength, energy, nerve’next step skipped: Latin ēnervis
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnervō‘to weaken’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnervātus‘enervated’past participle of ēnervō
- Englishtodayenervate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*snḗh₁wr̥‘sinew, tendon’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*(s)nēurosreconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*neurosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnervus‘vigor, force, power, strength, energy, nerve’next step skipped: Latin ēnervis
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnervō‘to weaken’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnervātus‘enervated’past participle of ēnervō
- Englishtodayenervate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ ‘sinew, tendon’
neural, neuron, sinewy, 14 more
through Latin nervus ‘vigor, force, power, strength, energy, nerve’
Today it means
verb To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ / enervate