Etymograph

English

familiary

Familiary comes from Latin familiaris ‘of or pertaining to a household or family’, from Proto-Italic *famelos ‘servant, slave’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁-mo-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁melósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θamelosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*famelos‘servant, slave’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fameliā‘of the house → household’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamilia‘household’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamiliaris‘of or pertaining to a household or family’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1645familiary

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁-mo-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰh₁melósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θamelosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*famelos‘servant, slave’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fameliā‘of the house → household’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamilia‘household’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfamiliaris‘of or pertaining to a household or family’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1645familiary

Earliest quotation: 1645, John Milton: “Yet it pleas'd God to make him see all…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo-

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-mo- / familiary

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