English
expiatory
Expiatory comes from Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius.
- Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500expiātōrius
- Englishearliest quotation 1955expiatory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ecclesiastical Latinc. 200–1500expiātōrius
- Englishearliest quotation 1955expiatory
Earliest quotation: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita: “As a case history, “Lolita” will become, no doubt,…”
Every English word from Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to expiation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius / expiatory