Where does “emancipation” come from?
Emancipation derives from French émancipation, from Latin emancipatio, ultimately from Latin manus meaning hand, via the prefix ex- meaning out and the nominalizing suffix -tio, traced to Proto-Indo-European man-.
emancipation (English): The act of setting free from the power of...
Definitions
- The act of setting free from the power of...
Ancestry of “emancipation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | émancipation | emancipation |
| 2 | Latin | emancipatio | emancipation |
| 3 | Latin | ēmancipō | to emancipate |
| 4 | Latin | mancipo | I transfer or sell |
| 5 | Latin | manceps | purchaser, renter; contractor, agent; surety,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 7 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |