English
peragration
Peragration comes from Latin peragratio ‘wandering, traversing’, from ager ‘territory’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵros‘field, pasturage’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agros‘field’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEager‘territory’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperāgrō‘to wander or travel through or over’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperagratio‘wandering, traversing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650peragration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵros‘field, pasturage’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agros‘field’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEager‘territory’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperāgrō‘to wander or travel through or over’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperagratio‘wandering, traversing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650peragration
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “A moneth of Peragration is the time of the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, actual, active, suggest, action, activity, agency, actor, agent, strategy, register, essay, agenda, gesture, digest, ambiguous, activate, ambiguity, squat, assay, congestion, agony, agile, agility, antagonist, belligerent, axiom, ingest, progesterone, cogent, radium, actuator, antagonism, agonist, agitation, gestation, agitate, antagonize, samaj, inexact, 149 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’
through Latin ager ‘territory’
Today it means
noun The act or state of travelling, or passing through any space.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros / peragration