Etymograph

English

frustratory

Frustratory comes from Latin frustrotorius.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrustrotorius
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1679–1715frustratory

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrustrotorius
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1679–1715frustratory

Earliest quotation: 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, (please specify the page): “frustratory allegations and delays”.

The story

Latin frustrotorius: compare French frustratoire.

Today it means

adj Making void; rendering null.

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

Etymograph / Latin frustrotorius / frustratory