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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la committō}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''commissiō''' ''f'' (genitive commissiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|committō|-tiō|t1=to bring together; to entrust]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Cicero, in letters to Atticus, asks to be told from the very opening how the games are received.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Its first sense was the opening or holding of games or contests.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short explain it from ''committere'', to set together in a contest.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Suetonius and Pliny the Younger use it of performances, and by metonymy it meant a showpiece speech composed for such a contest.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) Ambrose uses it of a joint or union.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Christian Latin it meant the committing of a sin.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) Medieval Latin developed the senses of entrusting, a mandate or delegation, a lease, and the forfeiture of a fief.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(MLW) English ''commission'' came from Old French and directly from Latin in the mid-14th century, of delegated authority.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the opening of games.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of the start of games.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 340–397 AD – Ambrose uses it of a joint.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-14th century – English ''commission'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The opening or holding of games or contests.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A showpiece speech for a contest.^(Georges 1913)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A joint, union.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The committing of a [[m|en|sin]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|commission]], [[m|en|mandate]]; a lease; forfeiture of a fief.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(MLW)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[en|commission]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}