English
hiation
Hiation comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to yawn, gape’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeh₂-‘to yawn, gape’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰh₂iéh₂yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hiāōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiō
- English1500–presenthiate
- Englishearliest quotation 1650hiation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeh₂-‘to yawn, gape’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰh₂iéh₂yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hiāōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiō
- English1500–presenthiate
- Englishearliest quotation 1650hiation
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “the continual hiation or holding open its mouth, which…”
A compound of hiate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, be wide open’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂iéh₂yeti
Proto-Italic *hiāō
Latin hiō ‘to yawn, gape’
English hiate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to yawn, gape’
goal, gas, gap, chaos, gum, gill, chaotic, gab, gape, 9 more
through Latin hiō
Today it means
noun The act of gaping; a wide open mouth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- / hiation