Where does “demand” come from?
Demand comes from Old French demander, from Latin demandāre meaning to entrust or commit to someone's hand, from de- plus manus hand, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning hand and to give.
demand (English): The desire to purchase goods and services; The...
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- The desire to purchase goods and services; The...
Ancestry of “demand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | demaunden | To question; to request |
| 2 | Old French | demander | to ask |
| 3 | Latin | demando | I entrust, commit |
| 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 |