English
agnate
Agnate comes from Latin agnātus ‘paternal kinsman’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnātus‘paternal kinsman’
- Englishearliest quotation 1829agnate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnātus‘paternal kinsman’
- Englishearliest quotation 1829agnate
Earliest quotation: 1829, Walter Savage Landor, Florentine, English Visitor, and Landor: “Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but…”
Every English word from Latin agnātus
Today it means
noun A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin agnātus / agnate