English
evirate
Evirate comes from Latin ēvirātus ‘emasculated, having been deprived of manhood’, from vir ‘man’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to hunt’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-‘to hunt’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wiHrós‘man’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiros‘a man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvir‘man’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvirō‘to emasculate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvirātus‘emasculated, having been deprived of manhood’perfect passive participle of ēvirō
- Englishearliest quotation 1624evirate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-‘to hunt’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wiHrós‘man’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiros‘a man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvir‘man’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvirō‘to emasculate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvirātus‘emasculated, having been deprived of manhood’perfect passive participle of ēvirō
- Englishearliest quotation 1624evirate
Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “Some philosophers and divines have evirated themselves, and put…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to hunt’
previous, obvious, violent, voyage, convey, violation, inevitable, vengeance, envoy, trivial, trivia, avenge, violate, vis, venison, deviation, ochre, deviant, vindication, viaduct, vim, inviolable, violator, trivium, obviate, 53 more
through Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós ‘man’
through Latin vir ‘man’
virtual, virtue, virtuous, virtuoso, virile, virility, virago, 4 more
Today it means
verb To castrate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- / evirate