English
extol
Extol comes from Latin extollō ‘elevate, raise high’, from Proto-Italic *tolnō ‘to lift, carry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂éntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tolnō‘to lift, carry’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtollō‘to raise, lift up, elevate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextollō‘elevate, raise high’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611extol
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂éntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tolnō‘to lift, carry’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtollō‘to raise, lift up, elevate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextollō‘elevate, raise high’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611extol
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’
talent, atlas, tolerance, tolerate, tolerant, intolerable, tolerable, toleration, tellurium, 17 more
through Latin tollō ‘to raise, lift up, elevate’
Today it means
verb To praise; to make high.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- / extol