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Where does “mandate” come from?

Mandate comes from Latin mandatum, past participle of mandare meaning "to entrust," derived from Latin manus meaning "hand," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men- and man-.

mandate (English): An official or authoritative command; an order or...

Definitions

  1. An official or authoritative command; an order or...

Ancestry of “mandate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
2Middle EnglishmanTypically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;...
3Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
4Sanskritमहादेव—
5Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
6Sanskritमहायान—
7Sanskritयानcarriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
8Proto-Indo-AryanyáHnam—
9Proto-Indo-IranianyáHnam—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-nom—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “mandate”

  • mandatary
  • mandative
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