conciliatoire

Forms

conciliatoire (plural conciliatoires)^[1]

Etymology

It is from French concilier, as a learned formation.^[2][3][4] The TLFi builds it on the stem of conciliātum, the supine of Latin conciliō (“to bring together”), on the model of legal terms such as dilatoire and diffamatoire.^[5] After one isolated record in 1583, the word reappeared in the 18th century, mostly in English contexts, and the TLFi takes it then as probably borrowed from English conciliatory.^[5] The English word is recorded from the 1570s.^[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its first, isolated record is in I. Papon's Troisième Notaire in 1583.^[5][3] Bloch and Wartburg date the word to 1775, with that one earlier record.^[7]

Semantic evolution

In 1775 Vergennes wrote of voies conciliatoires “conciliatory ways” in a letter to d'Aranda, in an English context, and in 1778 Linguet wrote of bills conciliatoires in his Annales, published in London.^[5] The GLLF dates it to Linguet in 1777.^[8] The Académie recorded it in 1878 and 1932, with démarche and moyen conciliatoire.^[5] It is now rare, used mainly in law and politics.^[3][9]

Timeline

• 1570s – English conciliatory is recorded.^[6]
• 1583 – Isolated record in Papon's Troisième Notaire.^[5]
• 1775 – Vergennes writes of voies conciliatoires.^[5][7]
• 1778 – Linguet uses bills conciliatoires.^[5]
• 1878 – The Académie records the word.^[5]

Meanings

Adjective

1. (rare) Conciliatory, meant to reconcile people.^[10][3][4]
2. (law, politics) Procédure conciliatoire: a procedure aimed at reaching a conciliation.^[3][9]

Related words

• concilier
• conciliation
• conciliateur
• Latin conciliō
• English conciliatory

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ Académie française (1992–2024), Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, 9th ed., Paris: Académie française / Fayard / Imprimerie nationale
3. ^ a b c d e Rey, Alain, ed. (2005), Le Grand Robert de la langue française, electronic version, Paris: Le Robert
4. ^ a b Littré, Émile (1873–1877), Dictionnaire de la langue française, 4 vols. and supplement, Paris: Hachette
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Trésor de la langue française informatisé (2004), ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine, atilf.fr/tlfi; electronic version of Imbs, Paul; Quemada, Bernard, eds. (1971–1994), Trésor de la langue française, Paris: CNRS / Gallimard
6. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
7. ^ a b Bloch, Oscar; Wartburg, Walther von (1989), Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française, 8th ed., Paris: Presses universitaires de France
8. ^ Guilbert, Louis; Lagane, René; Niobey, Georges, eds. (1971–1978; 1989), Grand Larousse de la langue française, Paris: Larousse
9. ^ a b Rey-Debove, Josette; Rey, Alain, eds. (2007), Le Petit Robert de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
10. ^ Dictionnaire de français Larousse, larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais (accessed 2024)