programma

Forms

programma n (genitive programmatis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “written public notice”),^[2][3][4] from προγράφω (prográphō, “to write publicly”), from πρό (pró, “forth”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).^[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

Vulcacius Gallicanus, in the Life of Avidius Cassius in the Historia Augusta, uses it of a proclamation.^[2][3] Köbler dates the Historia Augusta to the 4th/5th century AD.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It was a written public notice, a proclamation or edict, a post-classical word found in the Historia Augusta, the Code of Justinian and inscriptions.^[2][3][6] Köbler also records it in the Vulgate.^[4]

In medieval Latin it was a notice or proclamation, as in a letter of Herbert of Bosham.^[7] In New Latin it came to mean a programme.^[1] English program is recorded in the 1630s as a public notice, and as a list of pieces at a concert by 1805.^[5]

Timeline

• 4th/5th century AD – The Historia Augusta uses it of a proclamation.^[2][4]
• 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it.^[4]
• 1630s – English program is recorded.^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. A public notice, proclamation, edict.^[2][1]
2. (New Latin) A programme.^[1]

Related words

• English program

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
3. ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
4. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
6. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press