Etymograph

English

vomitorium

Vomitorium comes from Latin vomitōrium ‘entrance to an amphitheatre’, from vomitōrius ‘emetic, provoking vomiting’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wemh₁-‘to spew, vomit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wémh₁ti‘to vomit’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wemōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomō‘vomit’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomitōrius‘emetic, provoking vomiting’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomitōrium‘entrance to an amphitheatre’substantive of vomitōrius
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2006vomitorium

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wemh₁-‘to spew, vomit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wémh₁ti‘to vomit’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wemōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomō‘vomit’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomitōrius‘emetic, provoking vomiting’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvomitōrium‘entrance to an amphitheatre’substantive of vomitōrius
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2006vomitorium

Earliest quotation: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day: “Miles turned to him beaming, his nostrils taking in…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wémh₁ti ‘to vomit’

emetic, 7 more

Today it means

noun A passage located behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre used as an exit for the crowds

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- / vomitorium

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