Where does “narrate” come from?
narrate (Latin) comes from Latin narratus, from Latin narro, from Latin nārō, from Proto-Italic gnārāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃ro-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
narrate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...
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Ancestry of “narrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | narratus | narration, narrative, story; narrated, recounted,... |
| 2 | Latin | narro | I narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak |
| 3 | Latin | nārō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | gnārāō | I make known, I tell; to make known, tell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃ro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |