Etymograph

English

bracteate

Bracteate comes from Latin bracteātus ‘gold-plated, golden’, and goes back to bractea.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbractea‘gold leaf, veneer, glitter’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbracteātus‘gold-plated, golden’
  3. Englishtodaybracteate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbractea‘gold leaf, veneer, glitter’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbracteātus‘gold-plated, golden’
  3. Englishtodaybracteate

Equivalent to bract + -eate

Latin bractea ‘a thin plate of metal’

English bract

Every English word from Latin bractea

Today it means

adj Having bracts.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin bractea / bracteate

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