emancipate English · revision 44

+ ==Etymology==

+ First recorded in the 1620s,^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[bor|la|ēmancipātus]], past participle of [[la|ēmancipāre]],^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) from ''ē-'' “out” + ''mancipium'' “ownership”,^(AHD)^(Etymonline) itself from ''manus'' “hand” + ''capere'' “to take”.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ In Roman law the verb meant to release a son or wife from the legal authority of the head of the family;^(Etymonline) it was not used of freeing slaves, for which the verb was ''manumittere''.^(Etymonline) In English it was taken up by the cause of religious toleration in the 17th century and of anti-slavery from 1776.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}