dotate

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*deh₃-“to give”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*déh₃tis
3. Proto-Italic · derived from*dōtis
4. Latin · derived fromdōtō“to endow, apportion”
5. Latin · borrowed fromdōtātus
6. English todaydotate

First attested in c. 1540; borrowed from Latin dōtātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dōtō (“to endow, apportion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dōs (“dowry, gift”, oblique stem in dōt-) + -ō, from Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

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