apparo Latin · revision 5180

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *perh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈap.pa.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈap.pa.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''apparō''' (present infinitive apparāre, perfect active apparāvī, supine apparātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|parō|t1=to, towards|t2=to prepare, provide]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The verb ''parō'' is [[inh|itc-pro|*parāje/o-]], usually explained as a verb made from a noun [[ine-pro|*pr̥h₃-o-|t=providing]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has a character go in so that what is needed may be made ready.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to prepare, make ready or provide, often with effort and expense, as a meal or a dinner.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short call it frequent and classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also meant to make preparations for a project, a wedding, games or a war, to get ready to do something, and to provide in addition.^(OLD 2012)

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+ A Vulgar Latin *appariculāre, perhaps from ''apparāre'', gave Old French ''apareillier'' and [[en|apparel]], first “to prepare”, in the late 13th century.^(Etymonline) It survives in [[ro|apăra]] and [[it|apparare]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of making things ready.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of preparing a dinner.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar says the enemy were getting ready to act by night.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 13th century – English ''apparel'' “to prepare” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|prepare]], make ready, provide.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make preparations for, organise.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To get ready (to do something).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To provide in addition.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[apparāmentum]]

+ * [[apparātiō]]

+ * [[apparator]]

+ * [[apparatorium]]

+ * [[apparatrix]]

+ * [[apparātus]]

+ * [[apparātē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parō]]

+ * [[en|apparatus]]

+ * [[en|apparel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}