Etymograph

English

redemptor

Redemptor comes from Latin redēmptor ‘redeemer’, from emō ‘to buy, purchase’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredimō‘to buy back, repurchase, redeem’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredēmptor‘redeemer’
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400redemptor
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1512same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredimō‘to buy back, repurchase, redeem’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredēmptor‘redeemer’
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400redemptor
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1512same form

Earliest quotation: 1512, The History of Helyas, A Collection of Early Prose Romances; III): “Ryght swet lady and sacred mayden mother of the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’

exempt, pommel, pomade, 57 more

through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

assume, presume, sumptuous, 48 more

through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’

consumer, premium, resume, consume, assumption, exemption, résumé, consumable, overconsumption, preemption, 43 more

through Latin redimō ‘to buy back, repurchase, redeem’

ransom, redeem, 2 more

Today it means

noun One who redeems (especially used of Jesus).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / redemptor

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