English
familiar
Familiar comes from Middle English familiar, from Latin familiāris ‘of a household’, from familia ‘household’, from Proto-Italic *famelos ‘servant’, ultimately from PIE *dʰeh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do, put, place’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁-mo-‘basis’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁melósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*famelos‘servant, slave’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fameliā‘household’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamilia‘household’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamiliāris‘of a household; of servants’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500familiar
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602familiar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to do, put, place’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁-mo-‘basis’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁melósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*famelos‘servant, slave’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fameliā‘household’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamilia‘household’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamiliāris‘of a household; of servants’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500familiar
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602familiar
Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: “Be thou familiar; but by no meanes vulgar:[…]”.
Equivalent to family + -ar
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do, put, place’
Proto-Italic *fameliā ‘household’
Latin familia ‘household’
Middle English famylye
English family
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Today it means
adj Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / familiar