Etymograph

English

solidate

Solidate comes from Latin solidatus ‘solidified’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidatus1‘solidified’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1656solidate1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English solidate
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1656, Abraham Cowley: “With the sun's ray, Thy verse does solidate and…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidatusWiktionary, English solidate‘solidified’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1656solidateWiktionary, English solidate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1656, Abraham Cowley: “With the sun's ray, Thy verse does solidate and…”

Every English word from Latin solidatus

Today it means

verb To make solid or firm; to solidify.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “solidate”. 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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