Etymograph

English

improbation

Improbation comes from Latin improbatio ‘disapprobation, disapproval, blame’, from probō ‘to approve, permit, commend’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*probʰHwósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proβwosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proβos‘favourable’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proβāō‘to approve’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprobō‘to approve, permit, commend’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprobō‘to disapprove’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprobatio‘disapprobation, disapproval, blame’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1826improbation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*probʰHwósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*proβwosreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proβos‘favourable’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proβāō‘to approve’reconstructed
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprobō‘to approve, permit, commend’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprobō‘to disapprove’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprobatio‘disapprobation, disapproval, blame’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1826improbation

Earliest quotation: 1826, George Joseph Bell: “the best expedient which Improbation occurred to the lawyers…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’

be, been, power, possible, future, build, present, physical, presence, bush, essential, bound, bond, absence, physician, booth, absent, contribution, entity, favorable, distribute, contributor, bun, favourable, fiat, bouquet, rebuke, retribution, bower, attribution, imp, impossibility, aren, impotent, beamer, bosque, phylogeny, physic, phylum, busk, 82 more

through Proto-Italic *proβos ‘favourable’

probe, probity, 8 more

through Proto-Italic *proβāō ‘to approve’

approve, 11 more

through Latin probō ‘to approve, permit, commend’

prove, proof, probability, probable, probate, approbation, probative, 12 more

Today it means

noun disapproval

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / improbation

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