penetrate
/ˈpenətˌɹeɪt/PEH-nuh-trayt
/ˈpɛnətˌɹeɪt/PEH-nuh-trayt
Meaningto pierce
Common meaning: to go into
- penetrto go into, pierceLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1329 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Journey through time
- Latinpenetrō, -āre‘to go into, pierce’
- Englishpenetrate‘to go into’ · today
penetr also in: impenetrable
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin penetrō ‘to go into, pierce’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry penetrō, p. 1329 · dictionary scan
Roots
- penetrō, -āre Latin “to go into, pierce”
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