English
emendicate
Emendicate comes from Latin emendicatus ‘begged’, from emendicō ‘to obtain by begging’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mend- ‘physical defect, fault’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mend-‘physical defect, fault’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmenda‘physical defect, fault’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmendīcus‘beggarly, needy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmendīcō‘to beg, ask for alms’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemendicōas emendicare, past participle‘to obtain by begging’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemendicatus‘begged’
- Englishearliest quotation 1642emendicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mend-‘physical defect, fault’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmenda‘physical defect, fault’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmendīcus‘beggarly, needy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmendīcō‘to beg, ask for alms’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemendicōas emendicare, past participle‘to obtain by begging’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEemendicatus‘begged’
- Englishearliest quotation 1642emendicate
Earliest quotation: 1642, Edward Reynolds: “And therefore the Temple was built , and the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mend- ‘physical defect, fault’
through Latin mendīcō ‘to beg, ask for alms’
Today it means
verb To beg.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mend- / emendicate