Etymograph

English

interpolation

Interpolation comes from Latin interpolatio.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterpolatio
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentinterpolation
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1830same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterpolatio
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentinterpolation
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1830same form

Earliest quotation: 1830, Thomas De Quincey: “Bentley wrote a letter […] upon the scriptural glosses…”

Formed from interpolate + -ion

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Latin interpolātus ‘having been formed, shaped’

English interpolate

Every English word from Latin interpolatio

Today it means

noun An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.

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

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