NODE / 0691boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction

UNKNOWN

No deeper unique suffix ancestor is promoted.

DATE: before the reviewed Latin suffix analysis
SENSE: verbatim atim boundary
FAMILY: unclassified
CANONICAL KEY: boundary:graph:verbatim-atim

The source explains the Latin formation without supplying a deeper one-root suffix history.

ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No reviewed parent edge extends beyond this canonical node.

DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

DESCENDANTknowledge boundaryboundary

Medieval Latin · Medieval Latin · adverbial suffix

-ātim

distributive adverb-forming suffix

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 ↗

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: 3
REVIEWED EDGES: 3
DEEPEST PATH: 3
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED: 1

verbatim2 connected nodes

HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE

STEP 01knowledge boundaryboundary

Beyond secure reconstructionUNKNOWN→Medieval Latin · Medieval Latin-ātimdistributive adverb-forming suffix

SOUND: No deeper unique ancestor is promoted for -atim.
MEANING: The component branch ends at the reviewed Latin formation.

SET-U editorial boundary1 CITATIONEDGE 670 ↗

Verbatim — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology endpoint at Latin -atim pattern ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE

STEP 02derivational 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 031 EDGE

STEP 03borrowingestablished

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