English
siccate
Siccate comes from Latin siccātus ‘drained, exhausted’, and goes back to siccus ‘dry’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsiccus‘dry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsiccō‘to dry, drain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsiccātus‘drained, exhausted’perfect passive participle of siccō
- Englishtodaysiccate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsiccus‘dry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsiccō‘to dry, drain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsiccātus‘drained, exhausted’perfect passive participle of siccō
- Englishtodaysiccate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to dry up’
saw, sex, risk, section, design, ship, sexual, sign, seal, segment, insect, sawyer, scarlet, sax, het, shingle, dissect, scythe, sickle, seg, sedge, sich, sain, sigil, brassica, 61 more
through Latin siccus ‘dry’
through Latin siccō ‘to dry, drain’
Today it means
verb To dry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin siccus / siccate