Etymograph

English

imperate

Imperate comes from Latin imperātus ‘commanded’, from parō ‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr̥h₃o-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*paro-reconstructed
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparō‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimperō‘to command’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimperātus‘commanded’perfect passive participle of imperō
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1550imperate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr̥h₃o-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*paro-reconstructed
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparō‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimperō‘to command’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimperātus‘commanded’perfect passive participle of imperō
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1550imperate

Earliest quotation: c. 1550, Iohne Rolland, The Thrid Buik: “Than Venus said in mind half stomachat, Of the…”

first attested First attested in 1543 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1543, as an adjective, as a verb in 1598; borrowed from Latin imperātus, perfect passive participle of imperō (‘to command’), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Linked words

through Latin parō ‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’

several, repair, separate, preparation, separation, apparel, apparatus, parachute, preparatory, inseparable, severance, pare, disparate, separator, rampart, separable, reparation, 18 more

through Latin imperō ‘to command’

empire, emperor, empress, 10 more

Today it means

verb To command.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- / imperate

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