diagnosticate

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.

Ancient Greek διά (diá)

Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.

Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō

Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)

Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)

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Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

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Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder.

Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis)

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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)

Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor.

English diagnostic

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English diagnosticate

From diagnostic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

diagnosticate (third-person singular simple present diagnosticates, present participle diagnosticating, simple past and past participle diagnosticated)

1. (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
   • 1895, American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Transactions, volume 7, page 98:

     Paracyesis and interstitial or cornuate fetation are purposely omitted, as such accidents can scarcely be diagnosticated […]

Related terms

• diagnostication

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.aɲ.ɲos.tiˈka.te/, /djaɲ.ɲos.tiˈka.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧gno‧sti‧cà‧te, dia‧gno‧sti‧cà‧te

Etymology 1

Verb

diagnosticate

1. inflection of diagnosticare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

diagnosticate f pl

1. feminine plural of diagnosticato

Spanish

Verb

diagnosticate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of diagnosticar combined with te