Etymograph

English

antiquariat

Antiquariat comes from German Antiquariat ‘antiquarian bookshop, used bookstore’, from Latin antīquus ‘ancient’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘to see’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ekʷ-1‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantīquus1‘ancient’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantīquārius2‘ancient, antique’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900antīquāriātus3‘the office of an antiquarian’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentAntiquariat4‘antiquarian bookshop, used bookstore’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1939antiquariat4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin antiquarius
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin antiquariatus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, German Antiquariat
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English antiquariat
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1939, Frontiers of Democracy, Progressive Education Association: “IT WAS APPARENT TO ME IN 1921, AGAIN in…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ekʷ-Wiktionary, Latin antiquarius‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-sWiktionary, Latin antiquariusreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantīquusWiktionary, Latin antiquarius‘ancient’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantīquāriusWiktionary, Latin antiquariatus‘ancient, antique’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900antīquāriātusWiktionary, German Antiquariat‘the office of an antiquarian’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentAntiquariatWiktionary, English antiquariat‘antiquarian bookshop, used bookstore’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1939antiquariatWiktionary, English antiquariat. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1939, Frontiers of Democracy, Progressive Education Association: “IT WAS APPARENT TO ME IN 1921, AGAIN in…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘to see’

eye, anthropology, optics, oculus, ocular, ogle, monocle, inoculation, awk, synoptic, inoculate, doily, anthropoid, 37 more

through Latin antīquus ‘ancient’

antic, 6 more

Today it means

noun An antiquarian bookshop.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “antiquariat”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin antiquarius, Latin antiquariatus, German Antiquariat. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- / antiquariat

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