Etymograph

English

innodate

Innodate comes from Medieval Latin vinculis anathematis innodare ‘to bind (someone) with/in the bounds of anathema’.

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500vinculis anathematis innodare‘to bind (someone) with/in the bounds of anathema’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1655innodate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500vinculis anathematis innodare‘to bind (someone) with/in the bounds of anathema’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1655innodate

Earliest quotation: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […]: “we do innodate with the like sentence of anathema”.

first attested First attested in 1630 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1630; adapted from Medieval Latin vinculis anathematis innodare (‘to bind (someone) with/in the bounds of anathema’), borrowed from Latin innōdātus, perfect passive participle of innōdō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (‘in’) + nodus (‘knot’).

Every English word from Medieval Latin vinculis anathematis innodare

Today it means

verb (with anathema or interdict) To bind up, as in a knot, with the punishment of anathema or interdict; to anathemize or interdict.

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Etymograph / Medieval Latin vinculis anathematis innodare / innodate

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