English
summate
From sum + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Formed from sum + -ate
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
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Latin summus ‘highest’
Latin summa ‘highest point’
Old French summe
Middle English summe
English sum
Today it means
verb To sum, add up; perform a summation.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “summate”. 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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