English
lorate
Lorate comes from New Latin lōrātus ‘thong-shaped, strap-shaped’, and goes back to Latin lōrum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElōrum‘thong, strap’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900lōrātus‘thong-shaped, strap-shaped’
- Englishtodaylorate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElōrum‘thong, strap’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900lōrātus‘thong-shaped, strap-shaped’
- Englishtodaylorate
Formed from lōrum + -ate
Linked words
through Latin lōrum ‘thong, strap’
Today it means
adj Having the form of a thong or strap.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lōrum / lorate