## Meanings
1. To be or be considered as something.
2. To form or make up something when combined together.
3. To formally set up or establish something.

## Examples
- Refusing to pay your taxes constitutes a serious offence.
- Women constitute about half of the workforce.
- The committee was constituted to review the new rules.

## Synonyms
- compose
- form

## Derived Forms
- coconstitute
- constitutability
- constitutable
- constituter
- constitutory
- preconstitute
- reconstitute
- unconstituted

## Related Forms
- constituency
- constituent
- constitution
- constitutional
- constitutionalization
- constitutive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: constituten
- Root: cōnstitūtum
- Root: cōnstituō

## Etymology
From Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstitūtum, neuter of cōnstitūtus, past participle of Latin cōnstituō (“to put in place; set up; establish”), from con- (“with”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”).

## AI Etymology
constitute is a verb and noun. It is from Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstitūtum, neuter of cōnstitūtus, past participle of Latin cōnstituō (“to put in place; set up; establish”), from con- (“with”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”). Historical forms in the chain include constituten (Middle English), cōnstitūtum (Latin), and cōnstituō (Latin). Current senses include to be or be considered as something, to form or make up something when combined together, and to formally set up or establish something. Derived forms include coconstitute, constitutability, constitutable, constituter, and constitutory. Related words include constituency, constituent, constitution, and constitutional.

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