Etymograph

English

inhiate

Inhiate comes from Latin inhiō ‘to open one's mouth wide’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeh₂-‘to gape, be wide open’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰh₂iéh₂yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hiāōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiō‘stand open’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhiō‘to open one's mouth wide’
  6. Englishtodayinhiate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeh₂-‘to gape, be wide open’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰh₂iéh₂yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hiāōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhiō‘stand open’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhiō‘to open one's mouth wide’
  6. Englishtodayinhiate

Equivalent to in- + hiate

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, be wide open’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂iéh₂yeti

Proto-Italic *hiāō

Latin hiō ‘to yawn, gape’

English hiate

first attested First attested in 1542 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1542.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, be wide open’

goal, gas, gap, chaos, gum, chaotic, gill, gab, gape, 9 more

through Latin hiō ‘stand open’

hiatus, 5 more

Today it means

verb To open the jaws; to gape.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- / inhiate

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