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indigitate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-dig-i-tate
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To proclaim, declare.

Obsolete

verb

To indicate, point to.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin indiges Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin indigitō English indigitate * From (the stem of) Latin indigitāre (“call upon (a deity), proclaim”). * Later associated with digitus (“finger”), hence the pointing sense.

Usage

Inflected Forms

indigitates (present, singular) indigitating (participle, present) indigitated (participle, past) indigitated (past)

Derived Forms

indigitation

Questions

What does indigitate mean?
To proclaim, declare.
Where does indigitate come from?
Etymology tree Latin indiges Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin indigitō English indigitate * From (the stem of) Latin indigitāre (“call upon (a deity), proclaim”). * Later associated with digitus (“finger”), hence the pointing sense.

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