English
illation
Illation comes from Latin illātiō ‘logical inference, deduction, conclusion’, from illātus ‘carried or brought into somewhere, inserted,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘bear, carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinferō‘carry or bring into somewhere’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEillātus‘carried or brought into somewhere, inserted, having been carried somewhere’perfect passive participle of inferō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEillātiō‘logical inference, deduction, conclusion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650illation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘bear, carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinferō‘carry or bring into somewhere’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEillātus‘carried or brought into somewhere, inserted, having been carried somewhere’perfect passive participle of inferō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEillātiō‘logical inference, deduction, conclusion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650illation
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, London: […] A[braham] Miller: “Now herein there seems to be a very erroneous…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, fortune, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, bore, fury, breeze, bark, baron, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, bier, furtive, bahar, proffer, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, 112 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to bear, carry’
bear, borne, phosphorus, phosphate, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 90 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, deference, infertility, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 67 more
through Latin ferō ‘bear, carry’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, suffer, extraordinary, differ, referendum, relative, referee, relate, translation, strangely, translate, fertility, relation, frustration, extravagant, fertile, defer, confer, infra, frustrate, extraneous, strangeness, elated, fertilization, fertilize, efferent, estrange, ablation, collate, dilate, oblate, ablative, elation, collation, 78 more
through Latin inferō ‘carry or bring into somewhere’
Today it means
noun The act of inferring or concluding, especially from a set of premises; a conclusion, a deduction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / illation