English
repute
Repute comes from Latin reputō ‘to count over, reckon, calculate, compute,…’, and goes back to putō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to think’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputō‘to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400reputer
- Englishearliest quotation 1611repute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō‘to think’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputō‘to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400reputer
- Englishearliest quotation 1611repute
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile…”
Linked words
through Latin putō ‘to think’
account, count, dispute, imp, computation, compute, amputation, putative, indisputable, indisputably, amputee, imputation, raconteur, amputate, disputation, disputable, depute, 10 more
Today it means
noun Reputation, especially a good reputation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin putō / repute