Where does “declaratory” come from?
Declaratory comes from English declare plus the suffix -ory, ultimately from Latin clarus meaning clear or bright, through Latin formations using -ivus and -ia.
declaratory (English): Serving to declare or explain
Definitions
- Serving to declare or explain
Ancestry of “declaratory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | declare | To make clear, explain, interpret; To make a... |
| 2 | Old French | declarer | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēclārō | to declare or announce |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |