English
publicate
Publicate comes from Latin pūblicō ‘to publish, to make publicly known’, from Proto-Italic *poplos ‘army’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-1‘to fill’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēō2‘to fill’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*poplos3‘army’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEpoplus3
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEpoplicus3
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūblicus3‘public’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūblicō4as publicat‘to publish, to make publicly known’
- Englishtodaypublicate4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *plēō
- 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *poplos
- 3 Wiktionary, Latin publico
- 4 Wiktionary, English publicate
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *plēō‘to fill’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēōWiktionary, Proto-Italic *poplos‘to fill’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*poplosWiktionary, Latin publico‘army’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEpoplusWiktionary, Latin publico
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEpoplicusWiktionary, Latin publico
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūblicusWiktionary, Latin publico‘public’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūblicōWiktionary, English publicateas publicat‘to publish, to make publicly known’
- EnglishtodaypublicateWiktionary, English publicate
The story
Cited from the mid 16th century and traced from Latin publicat (‘to publish, to make publicly known’)
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
full, plus, complete, plenty, fill, plain, poll, folk, comply, ample, plural, plethora, amplitude, plenary, replenish, amplify, plenum, plebs, puri, volk, plebeian, fulsome, 74 more
through Proto-Italic *plēō ‘to fill’
supply, completion, implement, popularity, supplement, accomplish, complement, manipulation, depletion, replete, deplete, 14 more
through Proto-Italic *poplos ‘army’
Today it means
verb To publish or make publicly known.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “publicate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *plēō, Proto-Italic *poplos, Latin publico. 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 *pleh₁- / publicate