Etymograph

English

perpetuate

Perpetuate comes from Latin perpetuātus ‘perpetuated’, from petō ‘to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-‘to spread out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péth₂eti‘to fly’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpetō‘to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetuus‘perpetual, continuous’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetuō‘to cause to continue uninterruptedly, to proceed with continually, to make perpetual’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetuātus‘perpetuated’perfect passive participle of perpetuō
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1530perpetuate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peth₂-‘to spread out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*péth₂eti‘to fly’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpetō‘to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire, petition, entreat’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetuus‘perpetual, continuous’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetuō‘to cause to continue uninterruptedly, to proceed with continually, to make perpetual’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEperpetuātus‘perpetuated’perfect passive participle of perpetuō
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1530perpetuate

Earliest quotation: 1530, John Palsgrave: “I am contented to contynue it for my tyme,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread out’

pass, mile, expansion, expand, pen, helicopter, patent, symptom, spawn, feather, expanse, pennant, pinion, patina, pata, patella, penna, 83 more

through Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti ‘to fly’

competent, repetition, 15 more

through Latin petō ‘to ask, beg, request, look for, inquire,…’

repeat, petition, compete, competitor, impetus, petulant, impetuous, petulance, 17 more

Today it means

verb To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- / perpetuate

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