Where does “choate” come from?
choate (English) comes from English inchoate, from Latin incohātus, from Latin incoho, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
choate (English): Complete, fully formed
Ancestry of “choate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inchoate | Recently started but not fully formed yet; just... |
| 2 | Latin | incohātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | incoho | I begin, commence; I start making, forming; I... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |