Etymograph

English

ejuration

Ejuration comes from Latin ēiūrātiō, from ēiūrō ‘to abjure, disown, resign’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-1‘straight, upright, right’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwos1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowos1‘court of law’reconstructed
  4. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE*iowos1reconstructed
  5. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEiovesō1
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrō1‘to confirm formally, to pronounce enforceably, to swear, to vow, to take an oath’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēiūrō2‘to abjure, disown, resign’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēiūrātiō2
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1645ejuration2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin eiuro
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English ejuration
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1645, Simonds D'Ewes, The primitive practise for preserving truth: “Paul witnesseth of himself, before his conversion, to blaspheme,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-Wiktionary, Latin eiuro‘straight, upright, right’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwosWiktionary, Latin eiuroreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowosWiktionary, Latin eiuro‘court of law’reconstructed
  4. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE*iowosWiktionary, Latin eiuroreconstructed
  5. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEiovesōWiktionary, Latin eiuro
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrōWiktionary, Latin eiuro‘to confirm formally, to pronounce enforceably, to swear, to vow, to take an oath’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēiūrōWiktionary, English ejuration‘to abjure, disown, resign’
  8. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēiūrātiōWiktionary, English ejuration
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1645ejurationWiktionary, English ejuration. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1645, Simonds D'Ewes, The primitive practise for preserving truth: “Paul witnesseth of himself, before his conversion, to blaspheme,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’

yet, jurist, injurious, 21 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

injustice, prejudge, 20 more

through Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’

judge, justice, judgment, judicial, justify, judiciary, preach, prejudice, predicament, justification, predicate, judicious, adjudicate, judicature, 23 more

through Archaic Latin *iowos

just, 13 more

through Latin iūrō ‘to confirm formally, to pronounce enforceably,…’

jury, conjure, 7 more

Today it means

noun Renouncement, rejection; resignation of one's position.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ejuration”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin eiuro. 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 *h₂yew- / ejuration

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