English
reclamation
Reclamation comes from Latin reclamatio ‘complaint, protest’, from clāmō ‘cry out, shout’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to shout’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclāmō‘cry out, shout’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreclāmō‘to cry out, exclaim, protest or shout against, contradict loudly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreclamatio‘complaint, protest’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600réclamation
- Englishearliest quotation 2015reclamation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-‘to shout’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclāmō‘cry out, shout’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreclāmō‘to cry out, exclaim, protest or shout against, contradict loudly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreclamatio‘complaint, protest’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600réclamation
- Englishearliest quotation 2015reclamation
Earliest quotation: 2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney: “Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over…”
Formed from reclaim + -ation
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call out to’
Anglo-Norman reclamer
Middle English reclaymen
English reclaim
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to shout’
low, hell, clear, classic, calendar, haul, clarity, claire, declare, classify, reconcile, reconciliation, acclaim, proclaim, clarification, clarinet, squeal, claimant, exclaim, clarion, claret, irreconcilable, clas, conciliar, ecclesiastic, ecclesial, 32 more
through Latin clāmō ‘cry out, shout’
Today it means
noun The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- / reclamation