English
familiarity
Familiarity comes from Latin familiāris ‘of or pertaining to a household or family’, from Proto-Italic *famelos ‘servant, slave’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁-mo-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁melósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θamelosreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*famelos‘servant, slave’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fameliā‘of the house → household’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamilia‘household’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamiliāris‘of or pertaining to a household or family’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamiliāritāsas familiāritātem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600familiarité
- Englishearliest quotation 1603familiarity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁-mo-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁melósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θamelosreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*famelos‘servant, slave’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fameliā‘of the house → household’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamilia‘household’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamiliāris‘of or pertaining to a household or family’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamiliāritāsas familiāritātem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600familiarité
- Englishearliest quotation 1603familiarity
Earliest quotation: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “It is also folly and injustice to deprive children[…]of…”
Formed from familiar + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do, put, place’
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Proto-Italic *fameliā ‘household’
Latin familia ‘household’
Latin familiāris ‘of a household; of servants’
Middle English familiar
English familiar
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo-
Today it means
noun The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo- / familiarity