Etymograph

English

correption

Correption comes from Latin correptio ‘seizure’, from corripiō ‘to seize’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- ‘to take away, snatch’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁reh₁p-1‘to take away, snatch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁r̥h₁pyéti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rapjō1‘to seize, take away’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErapiō2‘to snatch (oneself)’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorripiō3as corripere‘to seize’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorreptio3‘seizure’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1647correption3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin rapio
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin corripio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English correption
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption: “That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing;…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁reh₁p-Wiktionary, Latin rapio‘to take away, snatch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁r̥h₁pyétiWiktionary, Latin rapioreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rapjōWiktionary, Latin rapio‘to seize, take away’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErapiōWiktionary, Latin corripio‘to snatch (oneself)’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorripiōWiktionary, English correptionas corripere‘to seize’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorreptioWiktionary, English correption‘seizure’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1647correptionWiktionary, English correption. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1647, Henry Hammond, Of Fraternal Admonition Or Correption: “That I use all mildness or mansuetude in admonishing;…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- ‘to take away, snatch’

grave, repent, graf, reeve, surreptitious, 12 more

through Proto-Italic *rapjō ‘to seize, take away’

rapidity, 5 more

through Latin rapiō ‘to snatch (oneself)’

rape, rapid, ravine, rapture, raptor, rapt, rapacious, ravin, 6 more

Today it means

noun A shortening in pronunciation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “correption”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin rapio, Latin corripio. 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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