Etymograph

English

liturate

Liturate comes from Latin litūrus ‘to erase’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElitūrusas litūrō‘to erase’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElitūrātus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1873liturate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElitūrusas litūrō‘to erase’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElitūrātus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1873liturate

Earliest quotation: 1873, American Entomological Society, Transactions of the American Entomological Society: “[describing a moth, Megachyta lituralis, now Zanclognatha lituralis]Two black…”

first attested First attested in 1826 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1826; Latin litūrātus, perfect passive participle and participial adjective from litūrō (‘to erase’) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from litūra (‘a blur’).

Every English word from Latin litūrus

Today it means

adj Being or having indistinct spots, paler at the margins.

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