English
sublative
Sublative comes from New Latin sublātīvus, from Latin tollō ‘to lift up, to elevate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tl̥néh₂ti‘to be lifting’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tolnō‘to lift, carry’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtollō‘to lift up, to elevate’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900sublātīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1890sublative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tl̥néh₂ti‘to be lifting’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tolnō‘to lift, carry’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtollō‘to lift up, to elevate’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900sublātīvus
- Englishearliest quotation 1890sublative
Earliest quotation: 1890, George Thibaut: “Cessation dependent on a sublative act of the mind”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’
talent, tolerance, tolerate, tolerant, atlas, intolerable, tolerable, toleration, tellurium, 16 more
through Latin tollō ‘to lift up, to elevate’
Today it means
noun A case of nouns in Finno-Ugric languages used to express the destination of movement, originally onto the surface of something (e.g. climb onto a tree), and, by extension, in other figurative meanings as well (e.g. to university, or about (a subject)).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- / sublative