Fuscate
/ˈfʌs.keɪt/noun
To darken or make obscure.
Did you know?Fuscate comes from Latin *fuscus* meaning “dark, swarthy, dusky,” a root that fed a whole family of shadow-tinged words in learned English.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰews-
“to become dark, dim, or disappear”
Latin
Latin
fuscus
“dark, swarthy, dusky”
Late Latin
Latin
fuscāre
“to make dark, darken”
16th Century
English
fuscate
“to darken or make obscure”
Modern English
English
fuscate
“to darken or obscure, especially in a literary or formal way”