Etymology

agnate

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Today it means: A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family. Full definition →

Latin agnātu ← Proto-Italic *gnātos ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁tós
  7. Proto-Italic*gnātos
  8. Latingnātus
  9. Latinagnātu
  10. English todayagnate

Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).

Words from the same roots

Latinagnātus all →

agnatic

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