Where does “meditate” come from?

Meditate comes from Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari, from Proto-Indo-European med-, also reflected in Proto-Italic medēōr.

meditate (English): To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon...

Definitions

  1. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon...

Ancestry of “meditate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeditatusmeditated; intentional, premeditated
2LatinmeditorI think or reflect upon, consider, contemplate,...
3LatinmedeorI heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a...
4Proto-Italicmedēōrheal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “meditate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Italic medēōr →Every word from Latin medeor →
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