English
preëmption
Preëmption comes from Latin ēmptiō ‘buying’, from ēmptus ‘bought’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take, distribute’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘buy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmptus‘bought’perfect passive participle of emō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmptiō‘buying’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906preëmption
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take, distribute’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘buy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmptus‘bought’perfect passive participle of emō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēmptiō‘buying’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906preëmption
Earliest quotation: 1906, Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe: “All the foreigners who had served therein were entitled…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 46 more
through Latin emō ‘buy’
consumer, premium, resume, consume, ransom, assumption, redeem, redemption, exemption, résumé, consumable, emptor, overconsumption, preemption, 41 more
through Latin ēmptiō ‘buying’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / preëmption