English
insectation
Insectation comes from Latin insectatio ‘hostile pursuit’, and goes back to sector.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsector
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsector‘to pursue, chase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinsectatio‘hostile pursuit’
- Englishearliest quotation 1673insectation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsector
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnsector‘to pursue, chase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinsectatio‘hostile pursuit’
- Englishearliest quotation 1673insectation
Earliest quotation: 1673, Barten Holiday: “an insectation of the new Poets and Orators”.
Linked words
through Latin sector
Today it means
noun pursuit; harassment; persecution
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sector / insectation