English
enate
Enate comes from Latin ēnātus ‘sprouted or sprung forth, having sprouted or…’, from nāscor ‘to be born, begotten’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born, begotten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnāscor‘spring forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnātus‘sprouted or sprung forth, having sprouted or sprung forth’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000enate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born, begotten’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnāscor‘spring forth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnātus‘sprouted or sprung forth, having sprouted or sprung forth’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000enate
Earliest quotation: 2000, Alexander H. Bolyanatz: “Similarly, since the wearing of a sawat is importantly…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, general, king, german, engine, generation, nation, gender, genuine, genetic, genius, gene, oxygen, indigenous, gentle, genre, ken, hydrogen, genocide, kin, noel, naive, genus, genital, germ, ingenious, puny, nada, gentile, naïve, nativity, gingerly, glycogen, gens, jaunty, genial, janata, genitive, azadi, genteel, 108 more
through Latin nāscor ‘to be born, begotten’
nature, pregnant, native, nee, natal, innate, nascent, 10 more
Today it means
noun A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / enate