The story
- Latin · derived frommicturiō“to urinate”
- English todaymicturate
First attested in 1842; irregular back-formation from micturition on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin micturiō (“to urinate”). Related to Old English mīgan (whence Early Middle English miȝen (“to urinate”) See also Mingere and meiere: urination.
Words from the same roots
Latinmicturiō all →
micturition
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.