Where does “suffragate” come from?

suffragate (English) comes from Latin suffragatus, from Latin suffrāgō, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

suffragate (English): To vote or vote with

Definitions

  1. To vote or vote with

Ancestry of “suffragate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuffragatussupported
2Latinsuffrāgōto support; to vote for
3Latinsub-under, sub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →