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
Related words
- English program
References
- ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ a b c Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
- ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
- ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
- ^ 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