English
eventilate
Eventilate comes from Latin ēventilātus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēventilātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1657eventilate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēventilātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1657eventilate
Earliest quotation: 1657, Jam. Howel [i.e., Of the Court of Admiralty: “I[f] regard be had to the Univerſity of humane…”
Every English word from Latin ēventilātus
Today it means
verb To winnow out; to fan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ēventilātus / eventilate