Where does “urinate” come from?

Urinate comes from Latin urinari, from Latin urinā, meaning urine, ultimately from an uncertain origin possibly related to Latin vertere meaning to turn.

urinate (English): To pass urine from the body

Definitions

  1. To pass urine from the body

Ancestry of “urinate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinurinatusdived; plunged
2LatinurinorI plunge under water, dive
3Latinūrīnaurine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanuh₁r-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁r-water, liquid, milk

Words derived from “urinate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uh₁r- →Every word from Latin ūrīna →