English
premiate
Premiate comes from Latin praemium ‘prize’, from emō ‘acquire, obtain’, 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‘acquire, obtain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraemium‘prize’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990premiate
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‘acquire, obtain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraemium‘prize’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990premiate
Earliest quotation: 1990, Landscape Architecture: “Inevitably, a jury numbed by a succession of slides…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take, distribute’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 56 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 47 more
through Latin emō ‘acquire, obtain’
consumer, assumption, resume, consume, ransom, redemption, exemption, redeem, résumé, consumable, overconsumption, emptor, preemption, 42 more
Today it means
verb To give a prize to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / premiate