English
apperil
Apperil comes from Latin ad ‘toward, to (direction)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éd1‘near, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ad1‘toward, to, on, up to, for’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEad2‘toward, to (direction)’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1605–1608apperil2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin ad
- 2 Wiktionary, English apperil
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, The Life of Tymon of Athens: “Let me stay at thine apperil.”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂édWiktionary, Latin ad‘near, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*adWiktionary, Latin ad‘toward, to, on, up to, for’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadWiktionary, English apperil‘toward, to (direction)’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1605–1608apperilWiktionary, English apperil. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, The Life of Tymon of Athens: “Let me stay at thine apperil.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
through Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’
through Latin ad ‘toward, to (direction)’
agree, ad, aim, await, attire, appoint, amortization, adage, accolade, affix, adulation, affine, alliteration, adroit, adobo, apportion, apres, 19 more
Today it means
noun peril
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “apperil”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin ad. 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 *h₂éd / apperil