Etymograph

English

luxate

Luxate comes from Latin luxātus ‘dislocated’, and goes back to lūxus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūxus‘dislocated’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆xō‘to dislocate’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEluxātus‘dislocated’perfect passive participle of lū̆xō
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1863luxate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūxus‘dislocated’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElū̆xō‘to dislocate’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEluxātus‘dislocated’perfect passive participle of lū̆xō
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1863luxate

Earliest quotation: 1863, Stephen Smith, Hand-book of Surgical Operations: “If in cases of difficulty you have recourse to…”

Linked words

through Latin lūxus ‘dislocated’

luxury, deluxe, luxurious, luxe, luxuriant, luxuriate, 1 more

Another origin of luxate

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluxātus‘dislocated’
  2. Englishtodayluxate

Today it means

verb To dislocate; to displace a body part.

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

Etymograph / Latin lūxus / luxate

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