English
vulnerate
Vulnerate comes from Latin vulnero ‘to wound, injure, hurt’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *welanos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welanosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulnus‘wound’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulnero‘to wound, injure, hurt’
- Englishtodayvulnerate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welanosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulnus‘wound’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvulnero‘to wound, injure, hurt’
- Englishtodayvulnerate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- ‘to hit’
pull, convulsive, convulsion, 20 more
through Latin vulnero ‘to wound, injure, hurt’
Today it means
verb To wound, cause to become vulnerable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *welanos / vulnerate