sebum Latin · revision 7700

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *seyb-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈseː.bũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsɛː.bum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sēbum''' ''n'' (genitive sēbī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain; the OLD calls it doubtful, and de Vaan gives it no etymology, according to Etymonline.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) Wiktionary and Köbler derive it from [[ine-pro|*seyb-|t=to pour out, drip]], whence through Germanic also [[sāpō]] “soap”.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) It is also spelled ⟨sēvum⟩, as in Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short's earliest example is from Plautus, of tallow.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant hard animal fat, suet, tallow, grease, as in Plautus, Caesar, Columella and Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for tallow, with the forms ''sevum'' and ''sepum''.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''sevo'', French ''suif'' and Spanish ''sebo'', and an Anglo-French diminutive of Old French ''siu'' gave [[en|suet]] in the early 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) [[en|sebum]] became a medical term in 1728.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of tallow.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''suet'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1728 – English ''sebum'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Suet]], [[m|en|tallow]], grease.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sebalis]]

+ * [[sēbō]]

+ * [[sēbōsus]]

+ * [[sēbāceus]]

+ * [[sēbāx]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|suet]]

+ * [[en|sebum]]

+ * [[en|sebaceous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}