English
impetration
Impetration comes from Latin impetrātiō ‘obtaining by request, accomplishment’, 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‘to accomplish, obtain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrātiō‘obtaining by request, accomplishment’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1678impetration
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‘to accomplish, obtain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpetrātiō‘obtaining by request, accomplishment’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1678impetration
Earliest quotation: a. 1678, Isaac Barrow, (please specify the chapter name or sermon number): “In way of impetration procuring the removal or allevation…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, pain, feed, foster, apparent, pope, pastor, fur, companion, papal, fodder, pasture, fad, accompaniment, forage, penetration, panini, fatherly, pav, patrician, pannier, pantaloons, 56 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father (male parent)’
pattern, papa, patron, paternal, padre, paternity, pater, père, patrimony, compere, 16 more
through Latin patrō ‘accomplish’
Today it means
noun The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / impetration