English
exempli gratia
Exempli gratia comes from Latin exemplī grātiā ‘for the sake of an example, e.g., for example,…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemplī grātiā‘for the sake of an example, e.g., for example, for instance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1869exempli gratia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemplī grātiā‘for the sake of an example, e.g., for example, for instance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1869exempli gratia
Earliest quotation: 1869, Richard Francis Burton, Canoeing Down 1500 miles of the Great River São Francisco: “Exempli gratiâ, the venerable London Stone of many fables.”
Every English word from Latin exemplī grātiā
Today it means
prep_phrase For the sake of an example.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exemplī grātiā / exempli gratia