Where does “perpetrate” come from?
Perpetrate comes from Latin perpetrāre, formed from per- and pater, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂-, meaning to bring about or accomplish through paternal authority.
perpetrate (English): To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc;...
Definitions
- To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc;...
Ancestry of “perpetrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | perpetratus | accomplished; perpetrated |
| 2 | Latin | perpetrare | present active infinitive of perpetrō;... |
| 3 | Latin | patrare | present active infinitive of patrō; second-person... |
| 4 | Romanian | pătrar | quarter, fourth; quarter |
| 5 | Romanian | patru | four |
| 6 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 7 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 8 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |