English
indecorum
Indecorum comes from Latin indecōrum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindecōrum
- Englishearliest quotation 1814indecorum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindecōrum
- Englishearliest quotation 1814indecorum
Earliest quotation: 1814, Jane Austen, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton: “But in this matter it is you who are…”
Every English word from Latin indecōrum
Today it means
noun Indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin indecōrum / indecorum