reconcilement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-

Proto-Italic *kalō

Latin calō

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin concilium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin conciliō

Latin reconciliōbor.

English reconcile

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English reconcilement

From reconcile + -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛkənsʌɪlmənt/

Noun

reconcilement (countable and uncountable, plural reconcilements)

1. The fact of being restored to cordial relations with each other; settling differences, making peace; reconciliation.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Thus reconcilement was betweene them knitt, Through goodly temperaunce and affection chaste [...].

Translations

reconciliation

• Dutch: verbroedering (nl), verzoening (nl)
• Polish: pogodzenie się n, pojednanie (pl) n, zgoda (pl) f, ugoda (pl) f, rekoncyliacja f, porozumienie (pl) n
• Slovene: sprava f