NODE / 0690attestedMedieval Latin

-ātim

TRANSLITERATION -ātim

distributive adverb-forming suffix

DATE: Medieval Latin
SENSE: adverbial suffix
FAMILY: Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY: node:14:-atim:attested:sense:adverbial-suffix

Merriam-Webster analyzes verbatim with this suffix and compares nomin-atim.

ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 1 evidence path stops at this boundary.

INSPECT 1 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIM

GO DEEPERknowledge boundaryboundary

Beyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Latin suffix analysis · verbatim atim boundary

UNKNOWN

No deeper unique suffix ancestor is promoted.

SOUND: No deeper unique ancestor is promoted for -atim.
MEANING: The component branch ends at the reviewed Latin formation.
SCHOLAR: SET-U editorial boundary
CONFIDENCE: boundary — The source compares a Latin suffix pattern but does not supply one deeper lexical root.

Verbatim — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology endpoint at Latin -atim pattern

Defines the reviewed suffix horizon.

ORIGINAL ↗

OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 670 ↗

DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

DESCENDANTderivational componentestablished

Medieval Latin · Medieval Latin · word by word adverb

verbātim

word for word

SOUND: Medieval Latin verbatim visibly combines the verbum stem with -atim.
MEANING: The suffix supplies distributive word-by-word adverbial force.
CHRONOLOGY: Medieval Latin formation.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Verbatim — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology: verbatim from verbum + -atim

Explicitly identifies the suffix component.

ORIGINAL ↗

OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 669 ↗

TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES: 2
REVIEWED EDGES: 2
DEEPEST PATH: 2
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED: 1

verbatim2 connected nodes

HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE

STEP 01derivational componentestablished

Medieval Latin-ātim→Medieval Latin · Medieval Latinverbātimword for word

SOUND: Medieval Latin verbatim visibly combines the verbum stem with -atim.
MEANING: The suffix supplies distributive word-by-word adverbial force.

Merriam-Webster Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 669 ↗

Verbatim — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology: verbatim from verbum + -atim ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE

STEP 02borrowingestablished

Medieval Latinverbātim→Present-Day English · 15th century–todayverbatimin exactly the same words; word for word

SOUND: English verbatim borrows Medieval Latin verbatim with learned stress and pronunciation adaptation.
MEANING: Word for word remains the core adverbial meaning; adjective use develops later in English.

Merriam-Webster Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 657 ↗

Verbatim — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History and First Known Use ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.

EDITORIAL REUSE