Indo-European Lexicon
PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes
Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.
Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.
All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on, corrections may be made and/or more etyma & reflexes may be added.
Pokorny Etymon: 1. ap-, more accurately əp- : ēp- 'to take, reach, grasp'
Semantic Field(s): to Take, to Grasp, Seize, Take Hold of
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | apt | adj | apt | W7 |
| aptitude | n | aptitude, tendency | AHD | |
| artillerie, artylerye | n | artillery | CDC/W7 | |
| couple | n | couple | W7 | |
| English: | adept | n | able, skilled | AHD/W7 |
| apex | n | top, vertex, highest point | AHD | |
| apt | adj | fit, proper | AHD/W7 | |
| aptitude | n | aptness, ability, learning capacity | W7 | |
| artillery | n | missile arms | AHD/W7 | |
| attitude | n | view, disposition | AHD/W7 | |
| cabaletta | n | short aria with simple style/repetitive rhythm | AHD | |
| copula | n | (subject-predicate) link/connector | AHD/W7 | |
| copulate | vb | to have sexual intercourse | AHD/W7 | |
| couple | n | pair, brace | AHD/W7 | |
| couple | vb | to join, unite, connect, copulate | W7 | |
| couplet | n | unit of 2 successive verse lines | W7 | |
| inept | adj | clumsy, hapless, not apt | AHD/W7 | |
| lariat | n | rope with noose for catching cattle | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| German: | Artillerie | n.fem | artillery | LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | adeptus | vb.ptc | has been attained | W7 |
| adipīscor, adipīscī | vb | to attain | W7 | |
| apere | vb | to fasten | AHD | |
| apex, apicis | n.masc | apex, summit, extreme end | AHD/ELD | |
| apiscor, apiscī, aptus | vb | to reach, attain | W7 | |
| apto, aptare | vb | to fit, adapt, adjust, accommodate | CDC | |
| aptus | vb.ptc | apt | W7 | |
| apud | prep | near, with, among | LRC | |
| cōpula | n.fem | tie, bond, copula | ELD/W7 | |
| cōpulō, cōpulāre, cōpulāvī, cōpulātus | vb | to couple, copulate | ELD/W7 | |
| ineptus | adj | inept, silly, improper, unsuitable | CDC | |
| Vulgar Latin: | *apticulāre | vb | to equip | AHD |
| Late Latin: | aptitudo, aptitudinis | n.fem | aptitude | W7 |
| Middle Latin: | aptitudo | n | aptitude | CDC |
| artillaria, artilleria | n | artillery | CDC | |
| New Latin: | adeptus | n.masc | alchemist who knows how to change base metals into gold | W7 |
| Portuguese: | apto | adj | apt | CDC |
| artilharia | n | artillery | CDC | |
| inepto | adj | inept | CDC | |
| Spanish: | apto | adj | apt | CDC |
| artillería | n | artillery | CDC | |
| inepto | adj | inept | CDC | |
| Old French: | apte | adj | apt | CDC |
| artillerie, arteillerie | n | artillery | CDC | |
| artillier | vb | to equip | AHD | |
| cople | n.masc | couple | W7 | |
| Middle French: | couplet | n.dim | couplet | W7 |
| French: | attitude | n.fem | attitude | W7 |
| avec | prep | with | TLL | |
| inepte | adj | inept | W7 | |
| Old Provençal: | cobla | n | copula | AHD |
| Old Occitan: | artilheria | n | artillery | CDC |
| Provençal: | apte | adj | apt | CDC |
| Italian: | artiglieria | n | artillery | CDC |
| attitudine | n.fem | aptitude | LRC | |
| attitudine | n.fem | attitude | CID/W7 | |
| atto | adj | apt | CDC | |
| cabaletta | n.dim | cabaletta | AHD | |
| cob(o)la | n | copula | AHD | |
| coboletta | n.dim | stanza, couplet | AHD | |
| inetto | adj | inept | CDC | |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | ἅπτω | vb | to bind, fasten, attach | CDC |
| Armenian | ||||
| Classical Armenian: | əndunim | vb | to receive | LRC |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | āpta | adj | apt | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| dim | = | diminutive |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| prep | = | preposition |
| ptc | = | participle |
| vb | = | verb |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
| Code | Citation | |
|---|---|---|
| AHD | = | Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000) |
| CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
| CID | = | Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1958) |
| ELD | = | Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1999) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |