English
erogation
Erogation comes from Latin erogatio ‘a giving out, paying out’, from rogō ‘to ask, enquire’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘wooer, suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘to ask, urge, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErogō‘to ask, enquire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērogō‘pay out, expend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEerogatio‘a giving out, paying out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1531erogation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘wooer, suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘to ask, urge, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErogō‘to ask, enquire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērogō‘pay out, expend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEerogatio‘a giving out, paying out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1531erogation
Earliest quotation: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […]: “Albeit some think such manner of erogation not to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask’
pray, precarious, postulate, deprecation, 27 more
through Latin rogō ‘to ask, enquire’
rogue, arrogant, arrogance, interrogation, derogatory, prerogative, 14 more
Today it means
noun The act of giving out, or bestowing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- / erogation