English
vapulate
Vapulate comes from Latin vāpulō ‘to be flogged or beaten’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weh₂p-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₂p-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvāpulō‘to be flogged or beaten’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828vapulate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weh₂p-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvāpulō‘to be flogged or beaten’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828vapulate
Earliest quotation: 1828, Samuel Parr, John Johnstone: “In the preface to his Longinus, I can show…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂p-
Today it means
verb To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weh₂p- / vapulate