Etymograph

English

repute

Repute comes from Latin reputō ‘to count over, reckon, calculate, compute,…’, and goes back to putō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō1‘to think’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputō1‘to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400reputer1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1611repute1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English repute
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputōWiktionary, English repute‘to think’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputōWiktionary, English repute‘to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400reputerWiktionary, English repute
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1611reputeWiktionary, English repute. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile…”

Linked words

through Latin putō ‘to think’

account, count, dispute, imp, computation, compute, amputation, putative, indisputable, indisputably, amputee, imputation, raconteur, amputate, disputation, disputable, depute, 10 more

Today it means

noun Reputation, especially a good reputation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “repute”. 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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