Etymograph

English

libament

Libament comes from Latin libamentum ‘a libation, first fruits’, and goes back to lībō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElībō‘to make a libation’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElibamentum‘a libation, first fruits’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1603libament

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElībō‘to make a libation’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElibamentum‘a libation, first fruits’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1603libament

Earliest quotation: 1603, Plutarch, The Philosophie: “Before his time they dranke it [wine] not at…”

Linked words

through Latin lībō ‘to make a libation’

libation, 4 more

Today it means

noun A libation.

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

Etymograph / Latin lībō / libament

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