English
perpetrate
Perpetrate comes from Latin perpetrātus ‘perpetrated, having been perpetrated’, from perpetrō ‘to carry through’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father (male parent)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrō‘to bring to pass, perform, accomplish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetrōas perpetrāre, past participle‘to carry through’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetrātus‘perpetrated, having been perpetrated’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500perpetrat‘committed, perpetrated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1867perpetrate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ph₂tḗr‘father’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*patēr‘father’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpater‘father (male parent)’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpatrō‘to bring to pass, perform, accomplish’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetrōas perpetrāre, past participle‘to carry through’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetrātus‘perpetrated, having been perpetrated’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500perpetrat‘committed, perpetrated’
- Englishearliest quotation 1867perpetrate
Earliest quotation: 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky: “What Polina is good for is to fall head…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
company, food, pain, feed, apparent, pope, companion, pastor, fur, foster, papal, pasture, fad, accompaniment, fodder, penetration, forage, panini, pav, patrician, fatherly, pantaloons, pannier, 58 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father (male parent)’
pattern, papa, patron, padre, paternity, paternal, père, patrimony, pater, compere, 18 more
Today it means
verb To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr / perpetrate