fornicate
Meaningto go to the arches
Common meaning: to have sex outside marriage
- fornican arch, vaultLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 770 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
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
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin fornix ‘an arch, vault’.
Roots
- fornix, -icis Latin “an arch, vault”
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