debitor Latin · revision 8086

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la dēbeō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdeː.bɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.bi.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēbitor''' ''m'' (genitive dēbitōris, feminine dēbitrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dēbeō]] “to owe” with the suffix [[-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of a debtor.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a person who owes money, a debtor, as in Cicero, and in Quintilian someone indebted for a service.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a debtor, and Medieval Latin used it for a sinner, after the debts of the Lord's Prayer.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of a debtor and of anyone under an obligation.^(DMLBS) It survives in Spanish ''deudor'' and Portuguese ''devedor'', and through Anglo-French ''detour'' it gave [[en|debtor]] about 1200.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a debtor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of someone indebted.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''debtor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|debtor]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # One indebted (for a service).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|sinner]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēbeō]]

+ * [[dēbitum]]

+ * [[creditor]]

+ * [[en|debtor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}