English
alligate
Alligate comes from Latin alligatus ‘tied, bound’, from alligo ‘to bind’, and ultimately from ligo.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEligo‘to bind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalligo‘to bind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalligatus‘tied, bound’past participle of alligo
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1677alligate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEligo‘to bind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalligo‘to bind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalligatus‘tied, bound’past participle of alligo
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1677alligate
Earliest quotation: a. 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind: “Instincts alligated to their nature.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- ‘to bind’
through Latin ligo ‘to bind’
league, religious, religion, liable, liaison, lien, ligament, ligand, religiosity, liaise, ligature, legato, ligation, obligate, 13 more
through Latin alligo ‘to bind’
Today it means
verb To bind or tie; to unite.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ligo / alligate