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- Latin · borrowed fromlarvātus
- English todaylarvate
First attested in 1846; borrowed from Latin larvātus, from larva (“a mask”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
larvate
Today it means: Concealed; obscure; being a masked or doubtful case of disease. Full definition →
Latin larvātus