Etymograph

English

inthronize

Inthronize comes from Middle English intronizen ‘to enthrone, to place on a royal seat’, and goes back to Old French entronisier.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entronisier
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500intronizen‘to enthrone, to place on a royal seat’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1618inthronize

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entronisier
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500intronizen‘to enthrone, to place on a royal seat’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1618inthronize

Earliest quotation: 1618, Harim White, The Ready VVay to Trve Repentance: Or a Godly: “So then to conclude, though man bee Gods hand,…”

The story

The English word is cognate with Italian intronizzare (‘to enthrone’), Portuguese entronizar (‘to enthrone’), Spanish entronizar (‘to enthrone’), and can be analysed as in- + throne + -ize.

Every English word from Old French entronisier

Today it means

verb To enthrone.

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

Etymograph / Old French entronisier / inthronize

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