Etymograph

English

fetialis

Fetialis comes from Latin fētiālis ‘relating to a fetial’, from Proto-Italic *fētis ‘deed’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to put’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁tis‘act of putting, placement’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fētis‘deed’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfētiālis‘relating to a fetial’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1843fetialis

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-‘to put’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰéh₁tis‘act of putting, placement’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fētis‘deed’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfētiālis‘relating to a fetial’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1843fetialis

Earliest quotation: 1843, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Heraldick Matters: “This was the mode in which Roman treaties were…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put’

do, fact, hot, deal, fair, fan, benefit, fashion, mid, defense, feature, theme, custom, defence, sufficient, treasury, treasure, ethnic, theology, thesis, defendant, doom, feast, ethical, aesthetic, synthetic, tick, auditorium, auditor, dis, atheist, demi, deem, spade, ethic, atheism, thematic, forfeit, ethos, profanity, 129 more

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis ‘act of putting, placement’

deed, 1 more

Today it means

noun A fetial.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / fetialis