Emanate
/ˈɛm.ə.neɪt/noun
To come out from a source; to radiate or issue forth.
Did you know?Emanate enters English through Latin philosophical and theological language, where emanare meant to “flow out,” a perfect word for ancient ideas that creation itself spills outward from a hidden origin.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mei-
“to move, change, or go forth”
Latin
Latin
manare
“to flow, trickle, or run”
Latin
Latin
emanare
“to flow out, issue forth”
Late Latin
Latin
emanatus
“having flowed out; issued from a source”
16th Century
English
emanate
“to flow out from a source”
Modern English
English
emanate
“to come out from a source; to radiate or issue forth”