Etymograph

English

conculcate

Conculcate comes from Latin conculcatus ‘trampled’, from conculcō ‘to conculcate’, and ultimately from calx.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalx1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalcō1‘to trample, tread on’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconculcō2as conculcare, past participle‘to conculcate’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconculcatus2‘trampled’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1904conculcate2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin conculco
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English conculcate
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1904, James Elroy Flecker: “[…] the sorrowful world of men: / Old castles…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalxWiktionary, Latin conculco
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcalcōWiktionary, Latin conculco‘to trample, tread on’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconculcōWiktionary, English conculcateas conculcare, past participle‘to conculcate’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconculcatusWiktionary, English conculcate‘trampled’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1904conculcateWiktionary, English conculcate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1904, James Elroy Flecker: “[…] the sorrowful world of men: / Old castles…”

Linked words

through Latin calx

chalk, calcium, calculus, causeway, recalcitrant, calcareous, calcite, caulk, calzone, 32 more

through Latin calcō ‘to trample, tread on’

quilt, counterpoint, inculcate, 9 more

Today it means

verb To tread or trample underfoot.

Sources

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