Etymograph

English

latrate

Latrate comes from Latin lātrō ‘to bark’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leh₂-‘to bark, howl’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lātromreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrō‘to bark’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrātusperfect passive participle of lātrō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1928latrate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leh₂-‘to bark, howl’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*lātromreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrō‘to bark’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElātrātusperfect passive participle of lātrō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1928latrate

Earliest quotation: 1928, Charles Hall Grandgent, Prunes and Prism: With Other Odds and Ends: “I once saw a big dog plunging out furiously…”

first attested First attested in 1623 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lātrātus, perfect passive participle of lātrō (‘to bark’), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Originally seemingly attested as a ghost word.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- ‘to bark, howl’

loom, lull, lament, lethargic, latent, loll, lethe, laika, alastor, 15 more

through Latin lātrō ‘to bark’

larceny, 9 more

Today it means

verb To bark; to make doglike noises.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- / latrate

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