Etymograph

English

immune

Immune comes from Latin immūnis ‘exempt from public service’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moy-nósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moinos‘service’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnus‘service’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEin- -is
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmūnis‘exempt from public service’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600immun
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1905immune

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moy-nósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moinos‘service’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnus‘service’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEin- -is
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimmūnis‘exempt from public service’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600immun
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1905immune

Earliest quotation: 1905, American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal: “The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’

mean, met, minister, minute, common, community, commission, ministry, minor, mess, meal, min, menu, communication, compromise, missile, mere, commit, mutual, minus, dismiss, premise, communist, communicate, mole, mayhem, noodle, ammunition, intermittent, moor, communism, mural, ammo, communal, mite, omit, communion, monolith, minstrel, mitra, 77 more

through Latin mūnus ‘service’

municipality, remuneration, 5 more

through Latin in- -is

inform, insomnia, indemnity, impunity, 9 more

Today it means

adj Exempt; not subject to.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / immune

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