Etymograph

English

asperate

Asperate comes from Latin asperatus ‘roughened’, and goes back to asper.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEasper1‘rough’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEasperare1‘to make rough’next step skipped: Latin asperō
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEasperatus1‘roughened’
  4. Englishtodayasperate1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English asperate

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEasperWiktionary, English asperate‘rough’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEasperareWiktionary, English asperate‘to make rough’next step skipped: Latin asperō
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEasperatusWiktionary, English asperate‘roughened’
  4. EnglishtodayasperateWiktionary, English asperate

Every English word from Latin asper

Today it means

verb To make rough or harsh.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “asperate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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