Where does “urinate” come from?
urinate (Latin) comes from Latin urinatus, from Latin urinor, from Latin ūrīna, from Proto-Indo-European uh₁r-, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁r- — water, liquid, milk.
urinate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of ūrīnātus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of ūrīnātus
Ancestry of “urinate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | urinatus | dived; plunged |
| 2 | Latin | urinor | I plunge under water, dive |
| 3 | Latin | ūrīna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | uh₁r- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁r- | water, liquid, milk |