English
impetrate
Impetrate comes from Latin impetrātus ‘accomplished, having been accomplished’, from pater ‘father (male parent)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father (male parent)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrō‘accomplish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrō‘accomplish, obtain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrātus‘accomplished, having been accomplished’
- Englishearliest quotation 1649impetrate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father (male parent)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrō‘accomplish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrō‘accomplish, obtain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrātus‘accomplished, having been accomplished’
- Englishearliest quotation 1649impetrate
Earliest quotation: 1649, Edward Herbert: “If the one were impetrate after the other ,…”
first attested First attested in 1528 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1528; borrowed from Latin impetrātus, perfect passive participle of impetrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- + pātrō (‘to achieve, make happen’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, pain, feed, apparent, pope, foster, pastor, fur, companion, papal, fodder, pasture, fad, penetration, accompaniment, forage, panini, pav, fatherly, patrician, pantaloons, pannier, 56 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father (male parent)’
pattern, papa, patron, padre, paternity, paternal, père, pater, patrimony, compere, 16 more
through Latin patrō ‘accomplish’
Today it means
verb To obtain by asking; to procure upon request.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / impetrate