English
redemption
Redemption comes from Latin redemptio ‘redemption, redeeming (buying back)’, from emō ‘to buy, purchase’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredimō‘to buy back, repurchase, redeem’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredemptio‘redemption, redeeming (buying back)’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400redemption
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500redempcioun‘Redemption or release from sinfulness’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011redemption
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredimō‘to buy back, repurchase, redeem’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredemptio‘redemption, redeeming (buying back)’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400redemption
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500redempcioun‘Redemption or release from sinfulness’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011redemption
Earliest quotation: 2011, Drama of Redemption, Lulu.com: “Before creating the world, God knew both the need…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 56 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 47 more
through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’
consumer, premium, resume, consume, assumption, résumé, exemption, consumable, emptor, overconsumption, preemption, 42 more
through Latin redimō ‘to buy back, repurchase, redeem’
through Latin redemptio ‘redemption, redeeming (buying back)’
Today it means
noun The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / redemption