Where does “declare” come from?
Declare comes from Old French declarer, from Latin declaro meaning to make clear, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- meaning to shine or be bright.
declare (English): To make clear, explain, interpret; To make a...
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- To make clear, explain, interpret; To make a...
Ancestry of “declare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | declarer | — |
| 2 | Latin | dēclārō | to declare or announce |
| 3 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |