English
excreate
Excreate comes from Latin excreare, from ex ‘out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eǵʰs‘out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex‘out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcreare
- Englishearliest quotation 1676excreate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eǵʰs‘out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex‘out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcreare
- Englishearliest quotation 1676excreate
Earliest quotation: 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises: “In the washing his mouth with a syringe forcibly,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’
through Proto-Italic *eks
elevator, elevation, expulsion, elevate, 16 more
through Latin ex ‘out’
ex, exchange, squash, extort, affray, extenuating, enunciation, excommunicate, 10 more
Today it means
verb To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs / excreate