English
dedicate
Dedicate comes from Latin dēdicātus ‘dedicated’, and goes back to dicō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdicō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēdicō‘to dedicate, proclaim’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēdicātus‘dedicated’perfect passive participle of dēdicō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dedicat‘dedicated’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500dedicaten‘to dedicate’
- Englishearliest quotation 2026dedicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdicō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēdicō‘to dedicate, proclaim’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēdicātus‘dedicated’perfect passive participle of dēdicō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dedicat‘dedicated’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500dedicaten‘to dedicate’
- Englishearliest quotation 2026dedicate
Earliest quotation: 2026, Nicholas Muhoro: “Karen and Michael are currently retired in California and…”
Linked words
through Latin dicō
index, dictionary, preach, predict, indicate, indication, addict, indicator, contradictory, contradiction, ditto, dictator, contradict, dictate, predicament, ditty, diction, dictum, predicate, interdict, dict, indicia, 23 more
Another origin of dedicate
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dedicat‘dedicated’
- Englishtodaydedicate
The nouns is derived through substantivization from Latin dēdicātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Today it means
verb To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dicō / dedicate