décider French · revision 17371

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1403, Nicolas de Baye|origins=la caedō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /de.si.de/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''décider'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|dēcīdō|t=to cut off; to settle, decide]], formed from [[m|la|dē-]] and [[m|la|caedō|t=to cut, strike]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|3, 24b) The Latin verb was used figuratively for “to cut short, settle”, often in law.^(DHLF 1992) Littré notes the passage from the idea of cutting to that of deciding, a decision being what cuts a question short.^(Littré 1873) Related words are [[décision]] and [[décisif]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in 1403 in the journal of Nicolas de Baye, as ''décider de'' “to give a ruling on”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th century it took the legal sense “to settle a dispute by judgment” (Rabelais, 1546), and ''se décider'' “to be settled” is in Montaigne (1595); it then became the usual “to make up one's mind”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''Décider de'' was used of an event determining something else (before 1704).^(TLFi) The participle ''décidé'' “resolute” dates from 1725 and [[décidément]] from 1762.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) Mme de Staël used ''décider que'', ''décider quelqu'un'' “to persuade” and ''se décider pour'' “to opt for” in 1786.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1403 – ''Décider de'' “to rule on”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1546 – “To settle by judgment”, in Rabelais.^(TLFi)

+ * 1595 – ''Se décider'', in Montaigne.^(TLFi)

+ * 1725 – ''Décidé'' “resolute”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1762 – ''Décidément''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1786 – ''Décider que'', ''décider quelqu'un'', in Mme de Staël.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|decide]], determine: ''il n'a encore rien décidé'', ''décider de partir''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Décider de'': to decide on, determine: ''cet incident décida de sa carrière''.^(TLFi)

+ # To [[m|en|persuade]], induce: ''décider quelqu'un à partir''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(dated, law)'' To settle (a dispute).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''Se décider'': to make up one's mind, ''se décider pour'': to opt for.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[décidé]]

+ * [[décidément]]

+ * [[décideur]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[décision]]

+ * [[décisif]]

+ * [[la|dēcīdō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}