English
extravagant
Extravagant comes from Latin extra ‘beyond’, from auferō ‘to take away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear, carry, bring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEauferō‘to take away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablātīvusas ablativeperfect passive participle of auferō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextra‘beyond’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500extravagans
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600extravagant
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500extravagaunt
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602extravagant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear, carry, bring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEauferō‘to take away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablātīvusas ablativeperfect passive participle of auferō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextra‘beyond’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500extravagans
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600extravagant
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500extravagaunt
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602extravagant
Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: “The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, fortune, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, bore, fury, baron, breeze, bark, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, proffer, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, 113 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to bear, carry’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, differentiation, indifferent, infertility, deference, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 68 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear, carry, bring’
different, offer, difference, reference, relative, suffer, relation, transfer, relate, differ, translation, referendum, referee, fertility, fertile, translate, defer, confer, infer, fertilization, elated, elation, collation, fertilize, dilate, collate, oblate, efferent, 79 more
through Latin auferō ‘to take away’
through Latin ablātīvus
frustration, strangely, infra, frustrate, ablative, strangeness, estrange, 2 more
through Latin extra ‘beyond’
Today it means
adj Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / extravagant