Etymograph

English

inaurate

Inaurate comes from Latin inaurātus ‘gilded, having been overlaid with gold’, from inaurō ‘gild’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to become light’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurō‘gild’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinaurō‘gild’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinaurātus‘gilded, having been overlaid with gold’
  7. Englishtodayinaurate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to become light’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auzom‘gold’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurum‘gold’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaurō‘gild’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinaurō‘gild’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinaurātus‘gilded, having been overlaid with gold’
  7. Englishtodayinaurate

first attested The verb is first attested in 1623, the adjective in 1826; borrowed from Latin inaurātus, perfect passive participle of inaurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) (as stated in the etymology)

The story

The verb is first attested in 1623, the adjective in 1826; borrowed from Latin inaurātus, perfect passive participle of inaurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’

air, east, plane, aerial, malaria, exhaust, aria, aero, aurora, aura, austral, 62 more

through Latin aurum ‘gold’

or, oriel, aureus, oriole, aurelia, aurum, 19 more

Today it means

verb To cover with gold; to gild.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / inaurate

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