Where does โ€œemacerateโ€ come from?

emacerate (English) comes from Latin emaceratus, from Latin E, from Etruscan ๐Œ„, from Ancient Greek ฮต, from Phoenician ๐ค„, from Egyptian ๐“€ .

emacerate (English): To make or become lean; to emaciate

Definitions

  1. To make or become lean; to emaciate

Ancestry of โ€œemacerateโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinemaceratusemaciated
2LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
3Etruscan๐Œ„โ€”
4Ancient GreekฮตLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was ฮตแผถ, later แผ’ ฯˆฮนฮปฯŒฮฝ, and presently ฮญฯˆฮนฮปฮฟฮฝ. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by ฮด and foll
5Phoenician๐ค„that
6Egyptian๐“€ โ€”
Every word from Egyptian ๐“€  โ†’Every word from Phoenician ๐ค„ โ†’Every word from Ancient Greek ฮต โ†’
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