Etymograph

English

munerate

Munerate comes from Latin muneratus ‘presented, honored (with), rewarded, having…’, from munerō ‘to give, bestow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-1‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*moy-nós1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moinos1‘service’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnus2‘function, employment’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmunerō3as munerare, past participle‘to give, bestow’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmuneratus3‘presented, honored (with), rewarded, having been rewarded’
  7. Englishtodaymunerate3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin munus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin munero
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English munerate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-Wiktionary, Latin munus‘to attach, bind, strengthen’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*moy-nósWiktionary, Latin munusreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moinosWiktionary, Latin munus‘service’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmūnusWiktionary, Latin munero‘function, employment’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmunerōWiktionary, English munerateas munerare, past participle‘to give, bestow’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmuneratusWiktionary, English munerate‘presented, honored (with), rewarded, having been rewarded’
  7. EnglishtodaymunerateWiktionary, English munerate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’

mean, common, met, community, commission, minute, minister, ministry, minor, mess, meal, min, commit, communication, menu, compromise, missile, mutual, communist, minus, mere, dismiss, premise, mole, communicate, ammunition, ammo, communism, mayhem, noodle, moor, communal, communion, intermittent, omit, mural, mite, monolith, minstrel, commune, 73 more

through Latin mūnus ‘function, employment’

immunity, immune, municipality, 3 more

through Latin munerō ‘to give, bestow’

remuneration

Today it means

verb To remunerate.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “munerate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin munus, Latin munero. 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-Indo-European *mey- / munerate

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