anticipo

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [anˈtɪ.kɪ.poː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [anˈtiː.t͡ʃi.po]^[1]

Forms

anticipō (present infinitive anticipāre, perfect active anticipāvī, supine anticipātum); first conjugation^[1]

Etymology

It is from ante- “before” and capiō “to take”, formed as a first-conjugation verb from an unattested noun or adjective.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Lucretius, of occupying a place beforehand.^[2] Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant to take a place beforehand, as in Lucretius, and in Cicero to do or undergo something before its time, to anticipate.^[2]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to anticipate, prevent, forestall.^[5] It was borrowed into Italian anticipare, French anticiper and Spanish anticipar, and its participle anticipātus gave English anticipate in the 1530s, “to cause to happen sooner”.^[1][3]

Timeline

• 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of occupying beforehand.^[2][4]
• 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of anticipating.^[2][4]
• 1530s – English anticipate is recorded.^[3]

Meanings

Verb

1. To occupy beforehand.^[2]
2. To do before the time, anticipate; to forestall.^[2][5]

Word family

• anticipalis
• anticipātiō

Related words

• capiō
• occupō
• English anticipate

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson