English
provect
Provect comes from Latin provectus ‘carried or conducted forward or along’, from vehō ‘to carry, bear, convey, transport’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to transport’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéǵʰeti‘to be transporting’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weɣō‘to carry, convey’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvehō‘to carry, bear, convey, transport’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvehōas provehere, past participle‘to carry forward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprovectus‘carried or conducted forward or along’
- Englishearliest quotation 1531provect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to transport’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéǵʰeti‘to be transporting’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weɣō‘to carry, convey’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvehō‘to carry, bear, convey, transport’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvehōas provehere, past participle‘to carry forward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprovectus‘carried or conducted forward or along’
- Englishearliest quotation 1531provect
Earliest quotation: 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […]: “provect in yeres”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to transport’
way, always, via, wave, reveal, wagon, vogue, wedge, vein, veil, wag, venous, vex, wey, waw, wain, vena, velar, 39 more
through Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti ‘to be transporting’
halfway, weigh, wee, headway, wonky, eunuch, 8 more
through Latin vehō ‘to carry, bear, convey, transport’
Today it means
adj mature; advanced (in age)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- / provect