English
ure
Ure comes from Middle English ure ‘use, habit, custom’, and goes back to Latin opera ‘work, labor’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopera‘work, labor’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400*urereconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ure‘use, habit, custom’
- Englishearliest quotation 1567ure
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEopera‘work, labor’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400*urereconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ure‘use, habit, custom’
- Englishearliest quotation 1567ure
Earliest quotation: 1567, Ovid, The Seconde Booke: “I cannot vtter any more, for words waxe out…”
Linked words
through Latin opera ‘work, labor’
operation, operate, operator, opera, oeuvre, operetta, 10 more
Today it means
noun Use, practise, exercise.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin opera / ure