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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₁em-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēmō''' (present infinitive dēmere, perfect active dēmpsī, supine dēmptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a contraction of [[dē-]] and [[emō]], whose original meaning was “to take”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨emō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*h₁em-|t=to take]], and explains the perfect ⟨dēmpsī⟩ as a new formation made once ⟨dēmere⟩ no longer seemed to belong to ⟨emere⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus and Cato, of removing things.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to remove, take away things, as in Plautus, and to take away part of a mass, as in Cato, and Terence used it of abstract things and Livy of removing a person from a place or office.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short add to subtract.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to take away, subtract, remove.^(Stelten 1995) It is the second element of ''vīndēmia'' “grape harvest”, from ''vīnum'' and ''dēmere'', the source of [[en|vintage]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of removing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of taking from a mass.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take away, [[m|en|remove]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|subtract]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēmptiō]]

+ * [[vī̆ndēmia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emō]]

+ * [[adimō]]

+ * [[eximō]]

+ * [[en|vintage]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}