English
ampullate
Ampullate comes from Latin ampullatus ‘having made use of a bombastic style of…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEampullatus‘having made use of a bombastic style of discourse, having used bombast’
- Englishtodayampullate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEampullatus‘having made use of a bombastic style of discourse, having used bombast’
- Englishtodayampullate
Formed from ampulla + -ate
Latin ampulla ‘small amphora, phial, flask (properly made…’
English ampulla
Every English word from Latin ampullatus
Today it means
adj Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ampullatus / ampullate