English

eventrate

Eventrate comes from French éventrer ‘to gut, to disembowel’, from ventre ‘stomach’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wend-tri-reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEventrem
Old Frenchc. 842–1400ventre‘belly’
Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘belly’
Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘stomach’
French, derivedc. 1600–presentéventrer‘to gut, to disembowel’
Englishtodayeventrate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wend-tri-reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEventrem
Old Frenchc. 842–1400ventre‘belly’
Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘belly’
Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘stomach’
French, derivedc. 1600–presentéventrer‘to gut, to disembowel’
Englishtodayeventrate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-

ventricular, ventral, ventricle, venter, 4 more

Today it means

verb To open the bowels of, disembowel.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri- / eventrate

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