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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la creō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kreˈaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kreˈat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''creātiō''' ''f'' (genitive creātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[creō]] “to create, beget, elect” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The TLL says that apart from Cicero's ''De legibus'' it is not read before the Old Latin Bible and Papinian.^(TLL) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the election or appointment of an official, as in Cicero's laws, and the begetting of children, as ''liberōrum creātiō'' in the Digest, and Lewis and Short call it very rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant creation.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of the creation of the world and of a creature.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of the founding of a city, as Rome.^(DMLBS) [[en|creation]] came in the late 14th century through Old French, “the action of creating”.^(Etymonline) Wiktionary lists Romanian ''Crăciun'' among its descendants, beside Italian ''creazione'' and Spanish ''creación''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the election of officials.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 533 AD – The Digest uses it of begetting.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''creation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The election of an official.^(OLD 2012)
+ # The begetting of children.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The [[m|en|creation]] of the world; a creature.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[creābilis]]
+ * [[creāmen]]
+ * [[creātor]]
+ * [[creātrīx]]
+ * [[creātūra]]
+ * [[creō]]
+ * [[en|creation]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}