English
agnatic
Agnatic comes from Latin agnātus ‘paternal kinsman’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnātus‘paternal kinsman’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentagnatique
- Englishearliest quotation 2013agnatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnātus‘paternal kinsman’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentagnatique
- Englishearliest quotation 2013agnatic
Earliest quotation: 2013, John Middleton, E. H. Winter: “Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching…”
Every English word from Latin agnātus
Today it means
adj of the male bloodline; patrilineal
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin agnātus / agnatic