orate

The story

1. Latin · derived fromōrātiō“speech, discourse, oration”
2. Latin · borrowed fromōrātus
3. English todayorate

Partly borrowed from Latin ōrātus, perfect passive participle of ōrō (“to speak; to pray”) and/or partly back-formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”); either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, Latin or- + -ate.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1669 To speak formally; to give a speech.
• from 1600 To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.