English
ovation
Ovation comes from Latin ovātiō ‘an ovation, jubilation’, and goes back to ovō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEovō‘to applaud, celebrate with an ovation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEovātiō‘an ovation, jubilation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1631ovation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEovō‘to applaud, celebrate with an ovation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEovātiō‘an ovation, jubilation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1631ovation
Earliest quotation: 1631, Thomas Heywood, Vlisses [i.e., Ulysses] His Speech: “Proceede then in your bleſt Inauguration, / And celebrate…”
Every English word from Latin ovō
Today it means
noun A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ovō / ovation