English
pervicacy
Pervicacy comes from Latin pervicācia ‘persistence’, from pervincō ‘to conquer’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to sift, separate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*winékti ~ *winkéntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*winkō‘to tie, bind’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvincō‘to defeat, vanquish, beat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpervincō‘to conquer’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpervicāx‘firm, determined, persistent, dogged’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpervicācia‘persistence’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748pervicacy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to sift, separate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*winékti ~ *winkéntireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*winkō‘to tie, bind’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvincō‘to defeat, vanquish, beat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpervincō‘to conquer’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpervicāx‘firm, determined, persistent, dogged’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpervicācia‘persistence’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748pervicacy
Earliest quotation: 1748, Samuel Richardson, Letter LI: “You mother will have me do so, that you…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to sift, separate’
province, victim, weakness, witch, icon, victor, wicked, wo, wight, weakly, vicar, wile, ancona, waw, 31 more
through Latin vincō ‘to defeat, vanquish, beat’
victory, convince, conviction, invincible, victorious, convict, eviction, vanquish, evict, 8 more
Today it means
noun Pervicacity; stubbornness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyk- / pervicacy