Etymograph

English

pignorate

Pignorate comes from Latin pignerātus ‘pledged, guaranteed’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpignerātus1‘pledged, guaranteed’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pignoratus1
  3. Englishtodaypignorate1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pignorate

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpignerātusWiktionary, English pignorate‘pledged, guaranteed’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pignoratusWiktionary, English pignorate
  3. EnglishtodaypignorateWiktionary, English pignorate

Every English word from Latin pignerātus

Another origin of pignorate

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to fasten, fix’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peyǵ-‘inactive, reluctant’uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpignus‘pledge, mortgage’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpignerō‘to pledge, to guarantee’
  5. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500pignoro
  6. Englishtodaypignorate

Today it means

adj Synonym of pignoratitious.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pignorate”. 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 / Latin pignerātus / pignorate

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