English
fuscation
Fuscation comes from Latin fuscare ‘to make dark’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- ‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰwes-‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰus-ko-s‘dark-colored’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfuscus‘dark’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfuscare‘to make dark’
- Englishearliest quotation 1911fuscation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰwes-‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰus-ko-s‘dark-colored’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfuscus‘dark’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfuscare‘to make dark’
- Englishearliest quotation 1911fuscation
Earliest quotation: 1911, A. A. Girault, Hymenoptera: “It is true other species have some fuscation but…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- ‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’
through Latin fuscus ‘dark’
Today it means
noun A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- / fuscation