English
invulnerate
Invulnerate comes from Latin invulnerātus ‘unwounded’, and goes back to vulnerātus ‘wounded, injured’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulnerātus‘wounded, injured’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvulnerātus‘unwounded’
- Englishearliest quotation 1721invulnerate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulnerātus‘wounded, injured’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvulnerātus‘unwounded’
- Englishearliest quotation 1721invulnerate
Earliest quotation: 1721, Samuel Butler: “For horns (like horny callouses) are found / to…”
first attested First attested in 1680 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1680; borrowed from Latin invulnerātus (‘unwounded’), from in- (‘not’) + vulnerātus see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Every English word from Latin vulnerātus
Today it means
adj Invulnerable or unscathed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin vulnerātus / invulnerate