English
remuneration
Remuneration comes from Latin remūnerātiō ‘recompense, reward’, from mūnerō ‘to present’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moy-nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moinos‘service’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnus‘function, employment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnerō‘to present’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremūnerō‘to reward, recompense, remunerate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremūnerātiō‘recompense, reward’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885remuneration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*moy-nósreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moinos‘service’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnus‘function, employment’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnerō‘to present’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremūnerō‘to reward, recompense, remunerate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEremūnerātiō‘recompense, reward’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885remuneration
Earliest quotation: 1885, H. Rider Haggard: “Mr. Quatermain,” said the former, “I am well off,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
mean, met, community, common, minute, minister, commission, ministry, minor, mess, meal, min, commit, menu, compromise, missile, mutual, communist, communication, minus, communicate, dismiss, mere, mole, communism, premise, ammo, noodle, communal, moor, ammunition, mayhem, intermittent, mural, communion, mite, omit, commune, monolith, minstrel, 76 more
through Latin mūnus ‘function, employment’
Today it means
noun Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / remuneration