Etymograph

English

increpate

Increpate comes from Latin increpō ‘to upbraid’, and goes back to crepō ‘to rattle, rustle, clatter’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrepō‘to rattle, rustle, clatter’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrepō‘to upbraid’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrepātussecondary perfect passive participle of increpō
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1856increpate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrepō‘to rattle, rustle, clatter’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrepō‘to upbraid’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincrepātussecondary perfect passive participle of increpō
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1856increpate

Earliest quotation: 1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters To Squire Pedant: “[…]increpated all iconolaters”.

first attested First attested in 1570 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin increpātus, secondary perfect passive participle of increpō (‘to upbraid’) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (‘in, against’) + crepō (‘to talk noisily’).

Linked words

through Latin crepō ‘to rattle, rustle, clatter’

craven, discrepancy, decrepit, crevice, crevasse, 5 more

Today it means

verb To chide; to rebuke; to tell off.

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

Etymograph / Latin crepō / increpate

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