English
extispicious
Extispicious comes from Latin extispicium ‘extispicy’, from extispex ‘diviner of entrails’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut, cut off, sever’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecō‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsecō‘to cut out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexta‘entrails’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextispex‘diviner of entrails’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextispicium‘extispicy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650extispicious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecō‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsecō‘to cut out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexta‘entrails’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextispex‘diviner of entrails’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextispicium‘extispicy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650extispicious
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, A Further Illustration: “Thus hath he deluded many Nations in his Auguriall…”
Formed from -ous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut, cut off, sever’
saw, design, sign, ship, seal, sack, scarlet, sawyer, sax, shingle, scythe, sich, sedge, sigil, sain, desiccant, desiccation, 58 more
through Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
sexuality, homosexual, dissection, 17 more
through Latin secō ‘to cut’
sex, risk, section, sexual, segment, insect, het, sickle, dissect, seg, brassica, 20 more
Today it means
adj Pertaining to divination by examining entrails.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / extispicious