English
ferruminate
Ferruminate comes from Latin ferrūminō ‘to cement, solder’, and goes back to ferrūmen.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferrūmen‘cement, solder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEferrūminō‘to cement, solder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEferrūminātusperfect passive participle of ferrūminō
- Englishtodayferruminate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferrūmen‘cement, solder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEferrūminō‘to cement, solder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEferrūminātusperfect passive participle of ferrūminō
- Englishtodayferruminate
Every English word from Latin ferrūmen
Today it means
verb To solder, fuse together, merge or unite, as if metals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ferrūmen / ferruminate