English
executory
Executory comes from Latin execūtōrius.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexecūtōrius
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500executory
- Englishearliest quotation 2005same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexecūtōrius
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500executory
- Englishearliest quotation 2005same form
Earliest quotation: 2005, Steven Emanuel, Property: “An executory interest is a future interest in a…”
Equivalent to execute + -ory
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
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Proto-Italic *sekʷōr ‘to follow, come/go after’
Latin sequor ‘to follow’
Latin exsecutus ‘having executed, accomplished’
Old French executer
English execute
Every English word from Latin execūtōrius
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to administration or execution.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin execūtōrius / executory