English
installation
Installation comes from Medieval Latin installātiō.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500installātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600installation
- Englishearliest quotation 2026same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500installātiō
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600installation
- Englishearliest quotation 2026same form
Earliest quotation: 2026, Julie Belcove, Farm Fresh: “Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject…”
Equivalent to install + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *stel- ‘to put, to place’
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Medieval Latin stallum ‘stall’
Medieval Latin īnstallō ‘to install, put in place, establish’
Old French installer
Middle English installen
English install
Every English word from Medieval Latin installātiō
Today it means
noun An act of installing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin installātiō / installation