Etymograph

English

inexpiate

Inexpiate comes from Latin inexpiātus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinexpiātus
  2. Englishtodayinexpiate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinexpiātus
  2. Englishtodayinexpiate

Formed from in- ‘not’ + expiate

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin expiō ‘atone for’

Latin expiātus ‘expiated’

English expiate

Today it means

adj Not appeased or placated.

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

Etymograph / Latin inexpiātus / inexpiate