English
interpolate
Interpolate comes from Latin interpolātus ‘having been formed, shaped’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pel-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-next step skipped: Latin interpolō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterpolātus‘having been formed, shaped’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007interpolate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-next step skipped: Latin interpolō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterpolātus‘having been formed, shaped’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007interpolate
Earliest quotation: 2007, Joseph F. Ossanna: “A macro is invoked in the same way as…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel-
film, felt, simple, simply, push, pulse, pillow, filter, complain, powder, fold, repeal, flaw, compulsive, expel, repel, palpable, propel, pollen, palladium, pall, pelt, palate, wallow, palatable, peloton, tuple, polemic, muffle, peplum, palp, pillion, apoplexy, palatal, pulver, pollinate, 63 more
Today it means
verb To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pel- / interpolate