Etymograph

English

vecture

Vecture comes from Latin vectūra ‘transportation’, from Proto-Italic *weɣō ‘to carry, convey’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to transport’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to transport’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéǵʰeti‘to be transporting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weɣō‘to carry, convey’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvehō‘to carry, bear, convey, transport’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvectūra‘transportation’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1625vecture

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to transport’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéǵʰeti‘to be transporting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weɣō‘to carry, convey’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvehō‘to carry, bear, convey, transport’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvectūra‘transportation’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1625vecture

Earliest quotation: 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles: “the Vecture or Carriage”.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to transport’

way, always, via, wave, reveal, wagon, vogue, wedge, vein, veil, wag, venous, vex, wey, waw, wain, vena, velar, 39 more

through Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti ‘to be transporting’

halfway, weigh, wee, headway, wonky, eunuch, 8 more

through Latin vehō ‘to carry, bear, convey, transport’

vehicle, vector, invective, 10 more

Today it means

noun The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- / vecture