English
relation
Relation comes from Latin relātiō ‘carrying or bringing back’, from relātus ‘related’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear, to carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreferō‘to refer, to relate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErelātus‘related’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErelātiō‘carrying or bringing back’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400relacioun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500relacion
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1503–1512relation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear, to carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreferō‘to refer, to relate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErelātus‘related’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErelātiō‘carrying or bringing back’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400relacioun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500relacion
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1503–1512relation
Earliest quotation: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood: “I shall you make relacyon By way of apostrofacyon…”
Equivalent to relate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
Latin ferō ‘bear, carry’
Latin referō ‘carry back’
Latin relātus
English relate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, broad, prefer, fortune, bread, burden, bearing, barn, fury, bark, barrel, bore, baron, breeze, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, bier, furtive, bahar, proffer, birr, bairn, burnish, barrette, 116 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to bear, carry’
bear, borne, phosphorus, phosphate, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 94 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, infertility, differentiation, deference, infertile, differentially, differentiable, deferential, differentiator, 71 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear, to carry’
different, offer, difference, transfer, suffer, extraordinary, differ, translation, fertility, translate, strangely, fertile, frustration, extravagant, defer, infer, confer, infra, frustrate, extraneous, strangeness, fertilization, fertilize, elated, estrange, collate, dilate, efferent, ablation, collation, oblate, ablative, 82 more
through Latin referō ‘to refer, to relate’
Today it means
noun The manner in which two things may be associated.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / relation