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- Latin · borrowed fromoccupātus
- English todayoccupate
First attested in 1547; borrowed from Latin occupātus, perfect passive participle of occupō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of occupy
First known use, by meaning
- 1605–1805 past participle of occupate, occupied
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.