English
event
Event comes from Latin ēventus ‘an event, occurrence’, from ēveniō ‘to happen, to fall out, to come out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō‘come’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēveniō‘to happen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēventus‘an event’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600event
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō‘come’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēveniō‘to happen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēventus‘an event’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600event
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure: “Leave we him to his events.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, basic, basis, bass, cum, revenue, venue, pug, contravention, quim, 55 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
through Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ‘to come’
convenience, misadventure, 21 more
through Latin veniō ‘come’
convention, avenue, adventure, inventory, intervene, inventor, souvenir, advent, provenance, invent, convene, circumvention, contravene, revenant, 22 more
Today it means
noun An occurrence; something that happens.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / event