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- Latin · borrowed fromdēfatīgātus
- English todaydefatigate
The adjective is first attested circa 1480, in Middle english; borrowed from Latin dēfatīgātus, perfect passive participle of dēfatīgō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words from the same roots
Latindēfatīgātus all →
defatigable
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.