English
stimulate
Stimulate comes from Latin stimulatus ‘stimulated’, from stimulo ‘to urge, goad on’, and ultimately from stimulus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulus‘a goad, prick’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulo‘to urge, goad on’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulatus‘stimulated’perfect passive participle of stimulo
- Englishearliest quotation 1838stimulate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulus‘a goad, prick’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulo‘to urge, goad on’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulatus‘stimulated’perfect passive participle of stimulo
- Englishearliest quotation 1838stimulate
Earliest quotation: 1838, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Keeping up Appearances. […]: “To most others Lord Allerton's obvious preference for Mary…”
Every English word from Latin stimulus
Today it means
verb To encourage into action.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin stimulus / stimulate