Etymograph

English

antiquation

Antiquation comes from Late Latin antiquatio ‘abrogation, annulment, repeal’, from Latin antīquō ‘to leave in its ancient state, restore…’, 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‘old, ancient’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantīquō2‘to leave in its ancient state, restore (something) to its former condition’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEantiquatio3as antīquātiō‘abrogation, annulment, repeal’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1874antiquation3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin antiquo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin antiquatio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English antiquation
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1874, Alexander Ferrier Mitchell, John Paterson Struthers: “What to Planck and to many of his contemporaries…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ekʷ-Wiktionary, Latin antiquo‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-sWiktionary, Latin antiquoreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantīquusWiktionary, Latin antiquo‘old, ancient’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEantīquōWiktionary, Latin antiquatio‘to leave in its ancient state, restore (something) to its former condition’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEantiquatioWiktionary, English antiquationas antīquātiō‘abrogation, annulment, repeal’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1874antiquationWiktionary, English antiquation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1874, Alexander Ferrier Mitchell, John Paterson Struthers: “What to Planck and to many of his contemporaries…”

Linked words

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

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

through Latin antīquus ‘old, ancient’

antic, 6 more

Today it means

noun The process of becoming antique or obsolete.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “antiquation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin antiquo, Latin antiquatio. 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.

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