English
conciliator
Conciliator comes from Latin concilium ‘a council’, from calō ‘to call, announce solemnly, call out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-1‘to call out to’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kalō1‘to call’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalō1‘to call, announce solemnly, call out’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcilium1‘a council’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconciliō1
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconciliātor2
- Englishtodayconciliator2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin conciliator
- 2 Wiktionary, English conciliator
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kelh₁-Wiktionary, Latin conciliator‘to call out to’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kalōWiktionary, Latin conciliator‘to call’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalōWiktionary, Latin conciliator‘to call, announce solemnly, call out’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconciliumWiktionary, Latin conciliator‘a council’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconciliōWiktionary, Latin conciliator
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconciliātorWiktionary, English conciliator
- EnglishtodayconciliatorWiktionary, English conciliator
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- ‘to call out to’
low, clear, hell, claim, classic, calendar, declare, claire, clarity, haul, classify, clarification, proclamation, clarinet, reclamation, exclamation, reconciliation, squeal, clarion, claret, clamour, clamor, clas, ecclesiastic, ecclesial, 36 more
through Latin calō ‘to call, announce solemnly, call out’
through Latin conciliō
Today it means
noun A person who conciliates.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “conciliator”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin conciliator. 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 *kelh₁- / conciliator