propagatio Latin · revision 8120

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la prōpāgō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōpāgātiō''' ''f'' (genitive prōpāgātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[prōpāgō]] “to propagate (plants)” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of propagating plants by layers.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the propagation of a plant by layers or slips, as of vines in Cicero, and Columella names three kinds in use.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Cicero it meant the continuing of a family by procreation, the handing down to posterity, and the extension of something in time.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant spreading, extension.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for the reproduction of plants and of human offspring.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''propagazione'' and Spanish ''propagación'', and through Old French it gave [[en|propagation]] in the mid-15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of plants.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of families and of prolongation.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''propagation'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|propagation]] of plants by layers.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The continuing of a family.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Transmission to posterity.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Extension in time, [[m|en|prolongation]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōpāgō]]

+ * [[en|propagation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}