English
summary
Summary (noun) is borrowed from Medieval Latin summārium, from Latin summa ‘total, sum’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumma‘total, sum’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500summārium
- Englishearliest quotation 1978summary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumma‘total, sum’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500summārium
- Englishearliest quotation 1978summary
Earliest quotation: 1978, 1976, Leszek Kołakowski: “Bernstein's critique of the philosophical basis of Marxism and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘above’
over, superior, uber, supervise, 19 more
through Proto-Italic *super ‘above’
super, sovereign, soprano, 17 more
through Proto-Italic *superos ‘upper’
through Latin superus ‘upper, higher’
through Latin summa ‘total, sum’
Another origin of summary
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*úpreconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*upér‘above’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*super‘above’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*superos‘upper’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuperus‘upper, higher’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsumma‘total, sum’superlative of superus
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500summārium
- Englishtodaysummary
Today it means
adj Concise, brief, or presented in a condensed form; presenting information in such a form.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin summa / summary