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Translative comes from Latin translativus ‘that is to be transferred’, from ferō ‘to bear, carry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear, carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsferō‘to transfer’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtranslativus‘that is to be transferred’
- Englishearliest quotation 1751translative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear, carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsferō‘to transfer’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtranslativus‘that is to be transferred’
- Englishearliest quotation 1751translative
Earliest quotation: 1751, Samuel Richardson, London: “Which suiting the case so well, you’ll forgive me,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, fortune, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, bore, fury, baron, breeze, bark, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, bier, bahar, proffer, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, furtive, 115 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 93 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, infertility, deference, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 70 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear, carry’
different, offer, difference, reference, suffer, extraordinary, differ, referendum, relate, relation, referee, relative, fertility, frustration, fertile, strangely, defer, confer, infer, extravagant, fertilization, infra, elated, frustrate, fertilize, extraneous, ablation, strangeness, elation, collation, efferent, collate, dilate, oblate, estrange, ablative, 81 more
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / translative