foedero Latin · revision 7386

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=back-formation|attested=Ammianus|origins=la foedus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfoe̯.dɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfɛː.de.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''foederō''' (present infinitive foederāre, perfect active foederāvī, supine foederātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a back-formation from [[foederātus]] “allied by treaty”, from [[foedus]], ⟨foederis⟩ “treaty”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short say the finite verb is late Latin, and cite Ammianus' ''cum foederārētur concordia'' “when concord was sealed by treaty”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Ammianus c. 390 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to seal, ratify an agreement, to establish by treaty, and the glosses render it to join, unite, associate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to establish by agreement, make a treaty.^(Stelten 1995) Its Late Latin noun ''foederātiō'' gave [[en|federation]] in 1721 through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus uses it of sealing concord.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1721 – English ''federation'' is recorded, from ''foederātiō''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To seal by treaty, [[m|en|ratify]]; to unite, ally.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnfoederō]]

+ * [[foederātiō]]

+ * [[infoederatus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[foedus]]

+ * [[foederātus]]

+ * [[en|federation]]

+ * [[en|federal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}