Where does “celebrate” come from?
Celebrate comes from Middle English celebraten, from Latin celebratus, the past participle of celebro, derived from the adjective celeber meaning frequented or populous.
celebrate (English): To extol or honour in a solemn manner; To honour...
Definitions
- To extol or honour in a solemn manner; To honour...
Ancestry of “celebrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | celebraten | — |
| 2 | Latin | celebratus | thronged; frequented; employed; repeated;... |
| 3 | Latin | celebrō | to go to a place or person in large numbers or often; throng, frequent, fill |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |