English
feminate
Feminate comes from Latin fēminātus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēminātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1629feminate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēminātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1629feminate
Earliest quotation: 1629, John Ford, The Broken Heart: “a feminate authority”.
first attested First attested circa 1533; borrowed from Latin fēminātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested circa 1533; borrowed from Latin fēminātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Every English word from Latin fēminātus
Today it means
adj Feminine; (also) effeminate, womanish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fēminātus / feminate