Pronounced: DER-uh-gate, verb
Notes: You may have an idea of the meaning of this word
Yesterday’s word
The word funicular is “a cable railway ascending a mountain”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1900s
Background / Comments
Our word started as an adjective meaning “relating to a cord under tension” and has been around since the mid-1600s. The word came from the French word funiculaire (a type of railway that is dependent upon cables — cord under tension). The word traces back to the Latin noun funiculus (small rope).
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