Etymograph

English

frumentarian

Frumentarian comes from Latin frūmentātiō ‘collection or distribution of corn’, from frūmentum ‘grain’, and ultimately from Old Latin *frūgmentom.

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*frūgmentomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrūmentum‘grain’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrūmentor‘to obtain grain or corn’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrūmentātiō‘collection or distribution of corn’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1909frumentarian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*frūgmentomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrūmentum‘grain’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrūmentor‘to obtain grain or corn’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrūmentātiō‘collection or distribution of corn’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1909frumentarian

Earliest quotation: 1909, George Willis Botsford: “A political result, we may also say aim, of…”

Formed from frūmentātiō + -ian

Every English word from Old Latin *frūgmentom

Today it means

adj Synonym of frumentarious.

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

Etymograph / Old Latin *frūgmentom / frumentarian

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