praeparatorius

Forms

praeparātōrius (feminine praeparātōria, neuter praeparātōrium); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin praeparō (“to prepare”) + -tōrius, according to the OLD;^[2] Wiktionary derives it from praeparātor with -ius.^[1] The TLL notes that it was formed on the model of set legal phrases such as ⟨interdictum restitūtōrium⟩.^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Ulpian (before 223 AD) is the first to use it, of one interdict that prepares the way for another.^[3][4][5]

Semantic evolution

It began as a legal term in the Digest and kept the general sense “preparatory” in Church Latin.^[4][6] English preparatory comes from this Late Latin word.^[7]

Timeline

• before 223 AD – Ulpian calls one interdict preparatory to another.^[3][5]
• early 15th century – English borrows preparatory.^[7]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Preparatory, preparing the way.^[2][4][6]
2. (law) Of an interdict that prepares the ground for a later one.^[3][4]

Related words

• English preparatory

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c d Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
7. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com