Etymograph

English

enodation

Enodation comes from Latin enodatio ‘explanation’, from enodō ‘to free from knots’, and ultimately from nōdus ‘knot’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdus‘knot’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdō‘to tie, to knot’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEenodōas enodare‘to free from knots’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEenodatio‘explanation’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1674enodation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdus‘knot’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōdō‘to tie, to knot’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEenodōas enodare‘to free from knots’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEenodatio‘explanation’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1674enodation

Earliest quotation: 1674, J. H.: “There is one thing then I apprehend will serve…”

Linked words

through Latin nōdus ‘knot’

node, nodule, 8 more

Today it means

noun An unknotting; the act or operation of clearing of knots, or untying.

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