English
excubitorium
Excubitorium comes from Latin excubitorium.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcubitorium
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcubitorium
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of ex ‘out’ + cubitum ‘to lie’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex ‘out’
Proto-Italic *kubāō ‘to lie down’
Latin cubō ‘lie down, recline’
Latin cubitus
Latin cubitum ‘to lie’
Every English word from Latin excubitorium
Today it means
noun A gallery in a church, used for all-night vigils.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin excubitorium / excubitorium