Etymograph

English

vomitory

Vomitory comes from Latin vomitōrium ‘the 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‘the entrance to an amphitheatre’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1909vomitory

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‘the entrance to an amphitheatre’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1909vomitory

Earliest quotation: 1909, E.M. Forster, II: “This city, as you know, is built deep beneath…”

Linked words

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

emetic, 7 more

Today it means

noun The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium

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

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

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