Etymograph

English

constate

Constate comes from French constater ‘to note, notice’, from Latin cōnstō ‘to stand together’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *komstaēō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*komstaēō1‘to stand together’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnstō2as cōnstat‘to stand together’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentconstater3‘to note, notice’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1859constate3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin consto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French constater
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English constate
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1859, Frances Power Cobbe: “It need be no concern of his how we…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*komstaēōWiktionary, Latin consto‘to stand together’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnstōWiktionary, French constateras cōnstat‘to stand together’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentconstaterWiktionary, English constate‘to note, notice’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1859constateWiktionary, English constate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1859, Frances Power Cobbe: “It need be no concern of his how we…”

Linked words

through Latin cōnstō ‘to stand together’

cost, inconstant, 4 more

Today it means

verb To relay information in a statement and say whether it is true or false.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “constate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin consto, French constater. 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 / Proto-Italic *komstaēō / constate

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