English
hereticate
Hereticate comes from Medieval Latin haereticātus.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500haereticātus
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1629hereticate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500haereticātus
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1629hereticate
Earliest quotation: c. 1629, Joseph Hall, Answer to Pope Urban his inurbanity expressed: “If that great Chancellor of Paris were now alive,…”
first attested First attested in 1629 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1629; borrowed from Medieval Latin haereticātus, perfect passive participle of haereticō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Every English word from Medieval Latin haereticātus
Today it means
verb To denounce as heresy or a heretic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin haereticātus / hereticate