Meanings
verbdiagnosticate (third-person singular simple present diagnosticates, present participle diagnosticating, simple past and past participle diagnosticated)
present singular third person diagnosticates · participle present diagnosticating · participle past diagnosticated · past diagnosticated
- archaictransitiveTo make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
Paracyesis and interstitial or cornuate fetation are purposely omitted, as such accidents can scarcely be diagnosticated […]
1895, American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Transactions, volume 7, page 98
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
- Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
- Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
- Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
- Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
- Ancient Greekδῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)
- Englishdiagnostic
- Englishdiagnosticate
From diagnostic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
diagnosticate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnosticate
MLA
“diagnosticate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnosticate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diagnosticate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnosticate.
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