English
examinate
Examinate comes from Latin examinatus ‘weighed, considered, having been considered’, and goes back to agō ‘to drive’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexāmen‘a consideration, an examining’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexāminō‘consider’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexaminatus‘weighed, considered, having been considered’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609examinate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexāmen‘a consideration, an examining’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexāminō‘consider’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexaminatus‘weighed, considered, having been considered’
- Englishearliest quotation 1609examinate
Earliest quotation: 1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, The Roman Historie: “To this the tormentors[…]fastened the armes and feet of…”
Equivalent to examine + -ate
Latin agō ‘to drive’
Latin exāmen ‘a consideration, an examining’
Latin examino ‘to weigh or consider’
Old French examiner ‘to consider’
Middle English examinen
English examine
Linked words
through Latin agō ‘to drive’
act, action, active, agency, activity, actual, agent, actor, agenda, activate, ambiguous, agile, agility, squat, assay, enact, ambiguity, agitation, radium, cogent, actuator, actuation, redact, exigent, actuate, inexact, 98 more
Today it means
noun One who is subjected to examination.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin agō / examinate