Etymograph

English

latibulate

Latibulate comes from Latin latibulārī ‘to lie hidden, to hide, or to skulk’, from latibulum ‘a hiding-place, lair’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *latos ‘hidden’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*latos‘hidden’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElateō‘to conceal, hide, lie hidden, lurk, skulk’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElatibulum‘a hiding-place, lair’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElatibulārī‘to lie hidden, to hide, or to skulk’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1874latibulate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*latos‘hidden’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElateō‘to conceal, hide, lie hidden, lurk, skulk’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElatibulum‘a hiding-place, lair’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElatibulārī‘to lie hidden, to hide, or to skulk’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1874latibulate

Earliest quotation: 1874, The Wheeling Daily Register, Wheeling: “He is probably after the manner of his prototype…”

Linked words

through Latin lateō ‘to conceal, hide, lie hidden, lurk, skulk’

latent, 3 more

Today it means

verb To retreat and lie hidden; to hide in a corner.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *latos / latibulate

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