Etymograph

English

comate

Comate comes from Latin cōmātus ‘having long hair’, and goes back to Ancient Greek κόμη.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόμη1kómē‘hair of the head’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōma2‘hair’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōmātus2‘having long hair’
  4. Englishtodaycomate2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin coma
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English comate

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόμηWiktionary, Latin comakómē‘hair of the head’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōmaWiktionary, English comate‘hair’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōmātusWiktionary, English comate‘having long hair’
  4. EnglishtodaycomateWiktionary, English comate

first attested First attested in 1600 (as stated in Wiktionary’s etymology)

The story

First attested in 1600; borrowed from Latin cōmātus, from cōma (‘hair’) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- ‘to be tired’

shanti, 4 more

through Ancient Greek θρίξ ‘hair’

tress, 11 more

through Ancient Greek κόμη ‘hair of the head’

comet, 3 more

Today it means

adj comose (having a coma, or bushy, hairy appearance).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “comate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin coma. 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.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek κόμη / comate

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