English
sepose
Sepose comes from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é ‘self’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*s(w)é‘self’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1626sepose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*s(w)é‘self’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1626sepose
Earliest quotation: 1626, John Donne, Sermon XIX: “This is the harmony, this is the resurrection of…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é
Today it means
verb To set apart.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é / sepose