Etymograph

English

inclavated

Inclavated comes from Latin inclavatus, from clavare ‘to fasten with nails’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-o-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-o-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klāwos‘capable of closing something’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclavus‘nail’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEclavare‘to fasten with nails’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclavatus
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1666inclavated

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-o-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klāwos‘capable of closing something’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclavus‘nail’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEclavare‘to fasten with nails’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinclavatus
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1666inclavated

Earliest quotation: 1666, John Smith: “the grinding is far more easily and perfectly performed…”

Linked words

through Latin clavus ‘nail’

clove, 8 more

Today it means

adj Set; fast; fixed.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-o-s / inclavated

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