Etymology

rusticate

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Latin rūsticātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromrūsticātus
  2. English todayrusticate

Borrowed from Latin rūsticātus, perfect active participle of rūsticor (“to live in the countryside”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), originally in the same sense. First attested in the mid-17th century. By surface analysis, rustic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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