English
astute
Astute comes from Latin astūtus ‘crafty, cunning, shrewd, clever, tricksy’, and goes back to astus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEastus‘craft’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEastūtus‘crafty, cunning, shrewd, clever, tricksy’
- Englishtodayastute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEastus‘craft’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEastūtus‘crafty, cunning, shrewd, clever, tricksy’
- Englishtodayastute
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
state, post, system, stay, rest, stand, distance, stadium, instance, assistant, stood, establishment, establish, assistance, stable, consistent, stability, instant, contest, destination, constitution, substance, destiny, distant, resist, assist, static, testimony, insist, consist, stem, persistent, stationary, persist, stool, extant, prostitution, stamina, stale, stud, 158 more
Today it means
adj Quickly and critically discerning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin astus / astute