Etymograph

English

festinate

Festinate comes from Latin festīnātus ‘hastened’, from festīnō ‘to hurry’, and ultimately from festīnus ‘swift, quick, rapid, hasty’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestīnus‘swift, quick, rapid, hasty’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestīnō‘to hurry’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestīnātus‘hastened’perfect passive participle of festīnō
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606festinate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestīnus‘swift, quick, rapid, hasty’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestīnō‘to hurry’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestīnātus‘hastened’perfect passive participle of festīnō
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606festinate

Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of King Lear: “Advise the Duke where you are going, to a…”

first attested First attested in 1556 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1556; Borrowed from Latin festīnātus, perfect passive participle of festīnō (‘to hurry’), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Every English word from Latin festīnus

Today it means

verb To become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin festīnus / festinate

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