Where does “postemancipation” come from?
postemancipation (English) comes from English emancipation, from French émancipation, from Latin emancipatio, from Latin ēmancipō, from Latin mancipo, from Latin manceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes — to seize, hold.
postemancipation (English): After the Emancipation Proclamation
Definitions
- After the Emancipation Proclamation
Ancestry of “postemancipation”, step by step
postemancipation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English emancipation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emancipation | The act of setting free from the power of... |
| 2 | French | émancipation | emancipation |
| 3 | Latin | emancipatio | emancipation |
| 4 | Latin | ēmancipō | to emancipate |
| 5 | Latin | mancipo | I transfer or sell |
| 6 | Latin | manceps | purchaser, renter; contractor, agent; surety,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 8 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 6 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |