English
hiate
Hiate comes from Latin hiō ‘to yawn, gape’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeh₂-‘to gape, be wide open’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰh₂iéh₂yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hiāōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiō‘to yawn, gape’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932hiate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeh₂-‘to gape, be wide open’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰh₂iéh₂yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hiāōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiō‘to yawn, gape’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932hiate
Earliest quotation: 1932, John Wisdom, Logical constructions (III.): “When a hiatus is referent what it hiates is…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, be wide open’
goal, gas, gap, chaos, gum, chaotic, gill, gab, gape, 9 more
through Latin hiō ‘to yawn, gape’
Today it means
verb To gape; to cause a hiatus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- / hiate