English
indomite
Indomite comes from Latin indomitus ‘untamed, unsubdued, ungoverned, unrestrained’, and goes back to domitus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdomitus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindomitus‘untamed, unsubdued, ungoverned, unrestrained’
- Englishearliest quotation 1617indomite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdomitus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindomitus‘untamed, unsubdued, ungoverned, unrestrained’
- Englishearliest quotation 1617indomite
Earliest quotation: 1617, John Salkeld: “No Lion so terrible, no Elephant so mighty, no…”
Every English word from Latin domitus
Today it means
adj untamed; savage; wild
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin domitus / indomite