demando Latin · revision 9197

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Livy|origins=la mandō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈman.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈman.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēmandō''' (present infinitive dēmandāre, perfect active dēmandāvī, supine dēmandātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[mandō]] “to entrust, commit”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Livy, “to entrust”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to entrust, hand over, as in Livy, and with ''ut'' in Gaius to charge someone to do something.^(OLD 2012) Suetonius has ''dēmandārī in cīvitātem'' “to be placed for safety in a town”.^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is not ante-Augustan, unlike ''commendō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Medieval Latin it came to mean to ask, request, and through Old French ''demander'' “to request” it gave [[en|demand]] in the late 14th century, first “to ask questions”.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian ''domandare'' and Spanish ''demandar''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 140–180 AD – Gaius uses it of a charge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|entrust]], hand over.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To charge (someone to do something).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[demandatio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mandō]]

+ * [[commendō]]

+ * [[en|demand]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}