Etymology and origin of the Latin word remando
remando1 send back word
- Confidence
- Established
- Formation
- Derivation
- First attested
- c. 370 Eutropius
- Ultimate origin
- Latin mandō#1
Etymology tree of remando1
Forms
remandō (present infinitive remandāre, perfect active remandāvī, supine remandātum); first conjugation[1][2][3]
Etymology
The verb for sending back word is formed from Latin re- + mandō1 (“to entrust, command”).[1][4]
Earliest recorded meaning
The TLL's first instances are in the Old Latin Bible (First Maccabees) and in Eutropius,[1] who tells how the senate sent back word to Pyrrhus that he could not have peace with the Romans.[1][2]
Semantic evolution
It meant to reply by message, to notify in return,[1][5][3] and in the Vulgate's manda, remanda (Isaiah) to repeat a command.[6][2] Later instances include Cassiodorus' church history and the acts of a council of Carthage.[6][1] The TLL records a spelling remendare and confusion with mandō1 in the manuscripts.[1] Ecclesiastical Latin kept both senses.[7]
Timeline
- c. 370 AD – Eutropius uses it of the senate's answer to Pyrrhus.[1][2][8]
- 390–406 AD – The Vulgate has manda, remanda in Isaiah.[6][2][8]
- c. 485–c. 580 AD – Cassiodorus uses it in his church history.[6][2][8]
- 525 – A council of Carthage uses it of answering a letter.[1]
Meanings
Verb
remando2 chew again
- Confidence
- Established
- Formation
- Derivation
- First attested
- 23–79 Pliny the Elder
- Ultimate origin
- Latin mandō#2
Etymology tree of remando2
From the same root · remando2
Forms
remandō (present infinitive remandere); third conjugation[9][3]
Etymology
The verb for chewing again is formed from Latin re- + mandō2 (“to chew”).[9][1]
Earliest recorded meaning
Pliny the Elder uses it of animals chewing the cud: Pontici mures simili modo remandunt, “the mice of Pontus ruminate in the same way”.[6][2]
Semantic evolution
Quintilian uses it figuratively, comparing the rereading of what one has written to chewing the same food again.[6][2] Isidore of Seville explains ruminare as said of beasts that bring their food back and chew it again.[1]
Timeline
- 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of animals chewing the cud.[6][2][8]
- c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it figuratively of rereading.[6][2][8]
- c. 560–636 AD – Isidore of Seville uses it to explain rūmināre.[1][8]
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References
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- ^ a b c d Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
- ^ Bianchi, Rossella; Lelli, Olga (2014), VOLI: Vocabolario di latino, Florence: Le Monnier
- ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
- ^ a b c d e f Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cite this entry
“Remando.” Etymologically, 14 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/la/remando. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.
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