English
itinerant
Itinerant comes from Late Latin itineror ‘travel’, and goes back to Latin iter.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiter
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEitineror‘travel’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEitinerantempresent active participle of itineror
- Englishearliest quotation 1765–1769itinerant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiter
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEitineror‘travel’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEitinerantempresent active participle of itineror
- Englishearliest quotation 1765–1769itinerant
Earliest quotation: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England: “The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept…”
Equivalent to iter + -ant
Linked words
through Latin iter
Today it means
adj Habitually travelling from place to place.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin iter / itinerant