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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

  1. After the Emancipation Proclamation

Ancestry of “postemancipation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishemancipationThe act of setting free from the power of...
2Frenchémancipationemancipation
3Latinemancipatio
4Latinēmancipō—
5LatinmancipoI transfer or sell
6Latinmancepspurchaser, renter; contractor, agent; surety,...
7Latin-ceps-headed; -fold; -catcher
8Old Latin-cipes"third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;...
9Proto-Italic-kaputis-headed
10Proto-Italickaputhead
11Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
12Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
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