Etymology

emaciate

e·ma·ci·ate
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Today it means: To make extremely thin or wasted. Full definition →

Latin ēmaciātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromēmaciātus
  2. English todayemaciate

Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.