Arate
/əˈreɪt/noun
To plough or cultivate land; an obsolete English verb.
Did you know?Arate ultimately descends from the same ancient Indo-European root as Latin arāre, the source of English arable—a linguistic reminder that farming vocabulary began with the physical act of breaking soil.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂erh₃-
“To plough or cultivate the earth”
Classical Latin
Latin
arāre
“To plough”
Classical Latin
Latin
arātus
“Ploughed; having been cultivated”
Middle English
English
araten
“To plough or till land”
Early Modern English
English
arate
“To plough; an archaic agricultural verb”
Modern English
English
arate
“An obsolete or rare word meaning to plough”