English
opitulation
Opitulation comes from Latin opitulatio ‘help, assistance’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopituloras opitulari‘to bring help’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEopitulatio‘help, assistance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1642opitulation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopituloras opitulari‘to bring help’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEopitulatio‘help, assistance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1642opitulation
Earliest quotation: 1642, Lord Lithe: “for the railing of some auxiliary opitulation”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’
talent, toll, tolerance, tolerate, tolerant, atlas, intolerable, tolerable, extol, tellurium, toleration, 16 more
Today it means
noun The act of helping or aiding; assistance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- / opitulation