English
reprimand
Reprimand comes from French réprimer ‘to repress’, and goes back to Latin premō ‘press’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘press’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreprimō‘to repress’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréprimer‘to repress’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentréprimande
- Englishearliest quotation 1856reprimand
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘press’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreprimō‘to repress’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentréprimer‘to repress’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentréprimande
- Englishearliest quotation 1856reprimand
Earliest quotation: 1856, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Oliver Goldsmith: “Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, expression, impressionable, impressionist, impressionism, frist, 30 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
pressure, express, depression, impressive, impression, compression, oppression, impress, suppression, depressive, compress, depress, 34 more
through Latin premō ‘press’
press, pregnant, imprint, sprain, imprimatur, 46 more
through Latin reprimō ‘to repress’
Today it means
noun A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / reprimand