English
penetration
Penetration comes from Latin penetrātiō ‘piercing, penetration’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-‘to protect, to ward’next step skipped: Latin penes
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpenetrō‘to penetrate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpenetrātiō‘piercing, penetration’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400penetracïon
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500penetracioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1817penetration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂-‘to protect, to ward’next step skipped: Latin penes
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpenetrō‘to penetrate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpenetrātiō‘piercing, penetration’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400penetracïon
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500penetracioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1817penetration
Earliest quotation: 1817, Hurst: “[…] my observations of her looks and actions became…”
Formed from penetrate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *pen-
Latin penētrō ‘to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce,…’
Latin penētrātus
English penetrate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, father, pain, feed, pattern, foster, pope, apparent, pastor, fur, papa, companion, fodder, pasture, patriot, fad, patron, paternal, accompaniment, padre, paternity, ayr, forage, perpetrator, panini, pav, patrician, pater, père, patrimony, pannier, pantaloons, compere, perpetrate, 60 more
through Latin penetrō ‘to penetrate’
Today it means
noun The act of penetrating something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- / penetration