informatio Latin · revision 9176

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ĩː.foːrˈmaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [iɱ.forˈmat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''īnfōrmātiō''' ''f'' (genitive īnfōrmātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[īnfōrmō]] “to shape, sketch; to instruct” with the suffix [[-tiō]], from [[fōrma]] “form”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the formation of an idea, a conception, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short add an outline, sketch, first draft, as in Vitruvius' ''aedium sacrārum īnfōrmātiōnēs'' “plans of temples”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant arrangement, teaching, instruction, and guidance.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for conceiving, shaping, arrangement.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''informacion'' it gave [[en|information]] in the late 14th century, “act of informing, communication of news”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of plans.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''information'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A conception, idea.^(OLD 2012)

+ # An outline, sketch.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Instruction.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[īnfōrmō]]

+ * [[fōrma]]

+ * [[en|information]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}