English
creation
Creation comes from Middle English creacion, from Old French creacion, from Latin creātiō, from creō ‘to create, make’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreō1‘to create, make’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreātiō2as creātiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400creacion2
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500creacion2‘the process of making’
- Englishtodaycreation2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin creatio
- 2 Wiktionary, English creation
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreōWiktionary, Latin creatio‘to create, make’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcreātiōWiktionary, English creationas creātiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400creacionWiktionary, English creation
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500creacionWiktionary, English creation‘the process of making’
- EnglishtodaycreationWiktionary, English creation
Word family
English words that share an ancestor with creation, grouped by the ancestor they share, most familiar first.
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-
- crescendo ← crescere ← crēscere ← *krēskō
through Latin creō ‘create, make’
18 more relatives in the full family tree
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Today it means
noun Something created such as an invention or artwork.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “creation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin creatio. 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 / Latin creō / creation