Where does “ate” come from?

ate (English) comes from Middle English et, from Old English æt, from Proto-Turkic āt, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

ate (English): simple past tense of eat; past participle of eat

Definitions

  1. simple past tense of eat; past participle of eat

Ancestry of “ate”, step by step

ate traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English et

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishet—
2Old Englishæteating; at a certain place; at a certain time
3Proto-Turkicātname
4Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
5Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Ancient Greek Ἄτη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἌτηAtë, the goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly
2Ancient Greekἄτηdisaster, misfortune, ruin; delusion, folly;...

via Tagalog ate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogatea big sister: an elder sister, "especially" the...
2Hokkien阿姊—

Words derived from “ate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →