English
surrogate
Surrogate comes from Latin surrogātus ‘used or chosen as a surrogate, having been…’, and goes back to surrogō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsurrogō‘to choose someone as a substitute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsurrogātus‘used or chosen as a surrogate, having been substituted’perfect passive participle of surrogō
- Englishtodaysurrogate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsurrogō‘to choose someone as a substitute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsurrogātus‘used or chosen as a surrogate, having been substituted’perfect passive participle of surrogō
- Englishtodaysurrogate
A compound of sub ‘under’ + rogō ‘ask’
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to stretch out’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵós ‘stretching’
Latin rogō ‘ask’
Every English word from Latin surrogō
Today it means
noun A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin surrogō / surrogate