English
indubitate
Indubitate comes from Latin indubitatus ‘undoubted, without doubt, certain, sure’, and goes back to dubitō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdubitōas dubitare‘to doubt’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindubitatus‘undoubted, without doubt, certain, sure’
- Englishearliest quotation 1622indubitate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdubitōas dubitare‘to doubt’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEindubitatus‘undoubted, without doubt, certain, sure’
- Englishearliest quotation 1622indubitate
Earliest quotation: 1622, Francis Bacon: “On the other side, if he stood upon his…”
Linked words
through Latin dubitō ‘to doubt’
Today it means
verb To bring into doubt; to cause to be doubted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dubitō / indubitate