Where does “Mandate” come from?
Mandate (German) comes from German Mandat, from Latin mandatum, from Latin mandare, from Latin dare, from Latin do, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.
Mandate (German): plural of Mandat
Ancestry of “Mandate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Mandat | mandate |
| 2 | Latin | mandatum | mandate, command, law, order to do something;... |
| 3 | Latin | mandare | second-person singular present passive... |
| 4 | Latin | dare | present active infinitive of dō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | do | I give; I offer, render; I yield, surrender,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |