English
representation
Representation comes from Latin repraesentō ‘to show, exhibit, display’, from praesum ‘to be before something’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰúHt‘to become’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ezom~*somreconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌esom
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEesum
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum‘to be, exist’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesum‘to be before something’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesens
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesentō‘to present, exhibit or show’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepraesentō‘to show, exhibit, display’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepraesentātiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400representacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500representacioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1978representation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to be, become, grow, appear’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰúHt‘to become’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ezom~*somreconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌esom
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEesum
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsum‘to be, exist’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesum‘to be before something’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesens
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraesentō‘to present, exhibit or show’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepraesentō‘to show, exhibit, display’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepraesentātiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400representacion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500representacioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1978representation
Earliest quotation: 1978, 1976, Leszek Kołakowski: “In the pursuit of its objectives the party creates…”
Equivalent to represent + -ation
Latin sum ‘to be’
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Latin praesens ‘present’
Latin praesentō ‘to present’
Latin repraesentō ‘to show’
Old French représenter
English represent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
be, been, build, physical, bush, bound, bond, physician, booth, probability, contribution, favorable, distribute, bun, favourable, contributor, fiat, bouquet, imp, bower, rebuke, retribution, attribution, beamer, bosque, physic, aren, phylogeny, phylum, boor, bist, futur, approbation, 75 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt ‘to become’
power, possible, bondage, impossibility, impotent, busk, 12 more
through Old Latin esum
through Latin sum ‘to be, exist’
future, improve, proud, pride, absence, essential, approve, entity, absent, prowess, prude, prow, 12 more
through Latin praesens
through Latin praesentō ‘to present, exhibit or show’
Today it means
noun That which represents something else.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / representation