Where does “conciliate” come from?
Conciliate comes from Latin conciliatus, the past participle of concilio, derived from concilium meaning assembly or council, with the prefix con- from cum meaning with or together.
conciliate (English): To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill...
Definitions
- To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill...
Ancestry of “conciliate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | conciliātus | united |
| 2 | Latin | conciliō | To unite; to bring together; to reconcile; to conciliate |
| 3 | Latin | concilium | a council; a meeting |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |