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latration
Latration comes from Latin latrō ‘to bark’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leh₂-‘to bark, howl’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lātromreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatrōas lātrāre‘to bark’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrātio
- Englishearliest quotation 1828latration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leh₂-‘to bark, howl’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lātromreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatrōas lātrāre‘to bark’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrātio
- Englishearliest quotation 1828latration
Earliest quotation: 1828, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: “If a dog bite a pig, the narrative teems…”
Formed from latrate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- ‘to bark, howl’
Proto-Italic *lātrom
Latin lātrō ‘to bark’
Latin lātrātus
English latrate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- ‘to bark, howl’
loom, lull, lament, latent, lethargic, loll, lethe, laika, alastor, 15 more
through Latin latrō ‘to bark’
Today it means
noun Barking, an instance of barking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- / latration