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- French · calque oféventrer
- English todayeventerate
Likely a "relatinized" calque of French éventrer, from Latin ē(x)- (“out”) + Latin venter (“belly”, ventr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix); this should have given *eventrate, compare its obsolete doublet eventrate and orienate.
Words from the same roots
Frenchéventrer all →
eventrate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.