English
scelerate
Scelerate comes from Latin sceleratus ‘polluted, defiled, having been polluted or…’, and goes back to scelerō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscelerō‘pollute, defile’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsceleratus‘polluted, defiled, having been polluted or defiled’
- Englishtodayscelerate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscelerō‘pollute, defile’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsceleratus‘polluted, defiled, having been polluted or defiled’
- Englishtodayscelerate
Every English word from Latin scelerō
Today it means
adj Wicked; villainous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin scelerō / scelerate