English
eventuation
Eventuation comes from Latin ēventus ‘an event, happening’, from veniō ‘to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’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‘to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēveniō‘to happen, to occur’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēventus‘an event, happening’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876eventuation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’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‘to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēveniō‘to happen, to occur’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēventus‘an event, happening’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876eventuation
Earliest quotation: 1876, Herman Ludolph Prior: “For the present, at all events, he must content…”
Formed from ēventus ‘an event, happening’ + -ation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, basic, basis, bass, revenue, cum, venue, pug, quim, contravention, 55 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
through Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ‘to come’
convenience, misadventure, 21 more
through Latin veniō ‘to come (to a place), come in, arrive, reach’
avenue, adventure, inventory, convention, intervene, advent, inventor, invent, souvenir, provenance, convene, revenant, contravene, circumvention, 22 more
Today it means
noun The act of eventuating or happening as a result;
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / eventuation