English
inauspicate
Inauspicate comes from Latin inauspicatus ‘inauspicious’, and goes back to auspicātus ‘having taken the auspices’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEauspicātus‘having taken the auspices’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinauspicatus‘inauspicious’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619inauspicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEauspicātus‘having taken the auspices’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinauspicatus‘inauspicious’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619inauspicate
Earliest quotation: 1619, George Buck: “And this was the successe of his first invasion,…”
Every English word from Latin auspicātus
Today it means
adj inauspicious
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin auspicātus / inauspicate