Etymograph

English

frumentation

Frumentation 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. Englishtodayfrumentation

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. Englishtodayfrumentation

Every English word from Old Latin *frūgmentom

Today it means

noun The distribution of corn to the people (especially to appease them during agitation for social or political change)

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

Etymograph / Old Latin *frūgmentom / frumentation

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