Etymograph

English

inescate

Inescate comes from Latin inēscātus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinēscātus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1621inescate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinēscātus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1621inescate

Earliest quotation: 1621, Robert Burton: “Many such pranks are played by our Jesuits, sometimes…”

first attested First attested in 1602 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1602; borrowed from Latin inēscātus, perfect passive participle of inēscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (‘in’) + ēsca (‘a bait’).

Every English word from Latin inēscātus

Today it means

verb To allure; to lay a bait for.

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Etymograph / Latin inēscātus / inescate

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