Etymograph

English

configurate

Configurate comes from Latin cōnfigūrātus ‘configured or conformed’, from cōnfigūrō ‘to form or alter’, and ultimately from figūra.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfigūra‘shape, form, figure’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfigūrō‘figure’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfigūrō‘to form or alter’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfigūrātus‘configured or conformed’perfect passive participle of cōnfigūrō
  5. Englishearliest quotation a. 1685configurate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfigūra‘shape, form, figure’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfigūrō‘figure’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfigūrō‘to form or alter’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnfigūrātus‘configured or conformed’perfect passive participle of cōnfigūrō
  5. Englishearliest quotation a. 1685configurate

Earliest quotation: a. 1685, Thomas Jordan, A Defence for Musick in its Practique and Theorick: “Where Pyramids to Pyramids relate / And the whole…”

first attested First attested in 1566 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1566; borrowed from Latin cōnfigūrātus, perfect passive participle of cōnfigūrō (‘to form or alter’), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Linked words

through Latin figūra ‘shape, form, figure’

figure, figurine, figural, 4 more

through Latin figūrō ‘figure’

figuration, 3 more

Today it means

verb To configure; to arrange or shape.

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

Etymograph / Latin figūra / configurate

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