Etymology

septimate

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Today it means: Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh. Full definition →

Latin septimus
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  1. Latin · derived fromseptimus“seventh”
  2. English todayseptimate

Latin septimus (“seventh”) + English -ate, after decimate; compare septimation

Words from the same roots

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