English
imperator
Imperator comes from Latin imperātor ‘commander, general, chief, master, person in…’, from parō ‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr̥h₃o-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*paro-reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparō‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimperō‘to command, give orders to, impose, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimperātor‘commander, general, chief, master, person in charge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843imperator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr̥h₃o-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*paro-reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEparō‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimperō‘to command, give orders to, impose, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimperātor‘commander, general, chief, master, person in charge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1843imperator
Earliest quotation: 1843, TRIUMPHUS: “But to compensate in some degree for what was…”
Equivalent to imperate + -or
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-
Latin *paro-
Latin parō ‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’
Latin imperō ‘to command’
Latin imperātus ‘commanded’
English imperate
Linked words
through Latin parō ‘to arrange, order, contrive, design’
several, separate, repair, preparation, separation, apparel, apparatus, parachute, inseparable, disparate, preparatory, severance, pare, rampart, separable, reparation, separator, 17 more
through Latin imperō ‘to command, give orders to, impose, demand’
Today it means
noun An emperor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- / imperator