English
soporate
Soporate comes from Latin soporatus ‘sent to sleep’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swep-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swep-‘to sleep’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swepōsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsopor‘a heavy sleep’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsoporare‘to put to sleep’next step skipped: Latin sopōrō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsoporatus‘sent to sleep’past participle of soporare
- Englishearliest quotation 1678soporate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swep-‘to sleep’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*swepōsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsopor‘a heavy sleep’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsoporare‘to put to sleep’next step skipped: Latin sopōrō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsoporatus‘sent to sleep’past participle of soporare
- Englishearliest quotation 1678soporate
Earliest quotation: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, London: […] Richard Royston: “the soul seeming not to be thoroughly awake here…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swep- ‘to sleep’
Today it means
verb To lay or put to sleep; to stupefy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swep- / soporate