The story
- Latin · borrowed fromlānātus“woolly”
- English todaylanate
First attested in 1760; borrowed from Latin lānātus (“woolly”), from lāna, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lanate
Today it means: Covered in or composed of woolly hairs. Full definition →
Latin lānātus