English
inoperation
Inoperation comes from Latin inoperari ‘to effect’, from operor ‘to operate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-‘to work, toil, make’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃épos‘work’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opos‘work’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopus‘work, labor, accomplishment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEopera
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEoperātus‘having worked, laboured, toiled’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEoperoras operari‘to operate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinoperari‘to effect’
- Englishearliest quotation 1633inoperation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ep-‘to work, toil, make’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃épos‘work’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opos‘work’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopus‘work, labor, accomplishment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEopera
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEoperātus‘having worked, laboured, toiled’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEoperoras operari‘to operate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinoperari‘to effect’
- Englishearliest quotation 1633inoperation
Earliest quotation: 1633, Joseph Hall: “As no man can come to me but by…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- ‘to work, toil, make’
office, official, bus, copy, omnibus, copious, opulence, officiate, omnivore, officiant, officious, 20 more
through Latin opus ‘work, labor, accomplishment’
through Latin opera
opera, ure, oeuvre, operetta, 7 more
through Latin operātus ‘having worked, laboured, toiled’
through Latin operor ‘to operate’
Today it means
noun agency; influence; production of effects
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- / inoperation