English
ideate
From idea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to know; see’
Ancient Greek εἴδω ‘to see’
Ancient Greek ἰδέα ‘notion, pattern’
Latin idea ‘a (Platonic) idea; archetype’
English idea
Another origin of ideate
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEideatum
- Englishtodayideate
Today it means
verb To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ideate