Etymology

curate

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Medieval Latin cūrātus
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curate · noun1

  1. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromcūrātus“one who has been curated, a curate”
  2. English todaycurate

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus (“one who has been curated, a curate”), a substantivation of the perfect passive participle of cūrō. Doublet of curato. Equivalent to cure + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

curate · verb2

Back-formation from curator on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

curate · noun3

  1. Old Frenchéscuerie
  2. FrenchCurie
  3. EnglishCurie
  4. Englishcur(ium)
  5. English todaycurate

From cur(ium) + -ate.

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