English
aggrate
Aggrate comes from Latin aggrātāre.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggrātāre
- Italianc. 1300–presentaggradare//aggratare
- Englishearliest quotation 1590aggrate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaggrātāre
- Italianc. 1300–presentaggradare//aggratare
- Englishearliest quotation 1590aggrate
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II, Canto V: “And euery of them stroue, with most delights, /…”
Every English word from Latin aggrātāre
Today it means
verb To gratify, cause pleasure to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin aggrātāre / aggrate