English
imploration
Imploration comes from Latin implōrātiō ‘imploring’, and goes back to plōrō ‘cry out’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplōrō‘cry out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplōrō‘to implore, entreat, beseech’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplōrātiōas implorationem‘imploring’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentimploration
- Englishearliest quotation 2017same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplōrō‘cry out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplōrō‘to implore, entreat, beseech’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimplōrātiōas implorationem‘imploring’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentimploration
- Englishearliest quotation 2017same form
Earliest quotation: 2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance: “Dulled by the burlap, Josiah’s incoherent implorations were a…”
Linked words
through Latin plōrō ‘cry out’
Today it means
noun The action of imploring; begging, beseeching.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin plōrō / imploration