English
extispicy
Extispicy comes from Latin extispex ‘diviner of entrails’, from exsecō ‘to cut out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
- 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
- Englishearliest quotation 2004extispicy
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
- Englishearliest quotation 2004extispicy
Earliest quotation: 2004, Cristiano Grottanelli, Lucio Milano: “... to avoid wasting the enormous amounts of carcasses…”
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, desiccation, desiccant, 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
noun Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / extispicy