English
approbate
Approbate comes from Latin approbatus ‘approved’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapprobatus‘approved’
- Englishearliest quotation 1531approbate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapprobatus‘approved’
- Englishearliest quotation 1531approbate
Earliest quotation: 1531, Thomas Elyot: “And if they wyll allege that all thynge contayned…”
Every English word from Latin approbatus
Today it means
adj Approved.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin approbatus / approbate