English
gladiate
Gladiate comes from Latin gladius ‘sword’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgladius‘sword’
- Englishtodaygladiate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgladius‘sword’
- Englishtodaygladiate
Formed from gladius ‘sword’ + -ate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- ‘to strike’
clerk, coup, holly, clergy, holt, cleric, calamity, calamitous, clematis, clade, 31 more
Today it means
adj Sword-shaped.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gladius / gladiate