English
laudate
Laudate comes from Latin laudātus ‘praised, lauded, having been praised’, and goes back to laus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, commendation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō‘praise, laud’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudātus‘praised, lauded, having been praised’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834laudate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, commendation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō‘praise, laud’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudātus‘praised, lauded, having been praised’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834laudate
Earliest quotation: 1834, The Register of Debates; Being a Report , Reported for the United States Telegraph. […]: “After some laudating remarks on the character of Mr.…”
Linked words
through Latin laus ‘praise, commendation’
Today it means
verb To laud.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin laus / laudate