Etymology

naufragate

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Today it means: To wreck (something). Full definition →

Latin naufragātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromnaufragātus
  2. English todaynaufragate

Borrowed from Latin naufragātus, perfect passive participle of naufragō (“to become shipwrecked”).

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