English
reputation
Reputation comes from Anglo-Norman reputacion, from Latin reputātiō ‘consideration’, from reputō ‘to think over’, from putō ‘to reckon’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus‘clean, pure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to prune; to reckon, think’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputō‘to reckon, think over’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputātiō‘consideration, thinking over’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400reputacion‘reputation’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘reputation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1529reputation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus‘clean, pure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to prune; to reckon, think’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputō‘to reckon, think over’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputātiō‘consideration, thinking over’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400reputacion‘reputation’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘reputation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1529reputation
Earliest quotation: 1529, John Frith, Luft [i.e. Hoochstraten]: “And Balaam (or as the trueth of the hebrewe…”
Equivalent to repute + -ation
Latin putō ‘to think’
Latin reputō ‘to count over, reckon, calculate, compute,…’
Old French reputer
English repute
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pewH- ‘to be clean, pure’
pure, pour, deputy, pity, purity, pious, piety, purify, purification, purist, putative, purée, puro, expiation, 17 more
Today it means
noun What somebody or something is known for.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin putus / reputation