English
lapsarian
Lapsarian comes from Latin lapsus ‘fall’, and goes back to lābor ‘to slip’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElābor‘to slip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapsus‘fall’
- Englishtodaylapsarian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElābor‘to slip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElapsus‘fall’
- Englishtodaylapsarian
Formed from -arian ‘believer, advocate’
Linked words
through Latin lābor ‘to slip’
labour, collaboration, laboratory, elaborate, collapse, lava, relapse, laborious, labile, elapse, 7 more
through Latin lapsus ‘fall’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lābor / lapsarian