Etymograph

English

ustulate

Ustulate comes from Latin ustulatus ‘scorched’, from ū̆stus ‘burnt, inflamed’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- ‘to burn’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ews-1‘to burn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éwseti1‘to burn’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ouzō1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūrō2‘to burn’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEū̆stus3‘burnt, inflamed’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEustulō4as ustulare, past participle‘to scorch’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEustulatus4‘scorched’
  8. Englishtodayustulate4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin uro
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin ustus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin ustulo
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English ustulate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ews-Wiktionary, Latin uro‘to burn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éwsetiWiktionary, Latin uro‘to burn’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ouzōWiktionary, Latin uroreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEūrōWiktionary, Latin ustus‘to burn’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEū̆stusWiktionary, Latin ustulo‘burnt, inflamed’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEustulōWiktionary, English ustulateas ustulare, past participle‘to scorch’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEustulatusWiktionary, English ustulate‘scorched’
  8. EnglishtodayustulateWiktionary, English ustulate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- ‘to burn’

ware, primavera, 23 more

through Latin ūrō ‘to burn’

combustion, urn, urticaria, combust, 20 more

Today it means

adj Blackened as if burned.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ustulate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin uro, Latin ustus, Latin ustulo. 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 *h₁ews- / ustulate

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