English
Republican
Republican comes from Middle French republique ‘republic’, and goes back to Latin rēspūblica.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēspūblica‘a republic, commonwealth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErēpūblicā
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600republique‘republic’
- English1500–presentrepublic
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrépublicain
- Englishearliest quotation 1970Republican
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēspūblica‘a republic, commonwealth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErēpūblicā
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600republique‘republic’
- English1500–presentrepublic
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrépublicain
- Englishearliest quotation 1970Republican
Earliest quotation: 1970, The Republic of Ireland: an hypothesis i: “It was confident both that the Republicans would never…”
A compound of rēs ‘thing, object, stuff’ + pūblica
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁- ‘to give’
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís ‘wealth, goods’
Proto-Italic *reis ‘thing, matter’
Latin rēs ‘thing, object, stuff’
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
Proto-Italic *plēō ‘to fill’
Proto-Italic *poplos ‘army’
Old Latin poplus
Old Latin poplicus
Latin pūblicus ‘of or belonging to the people, state, or community’
Latin pūblica
Every English word from Latin rēspūblica
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rēspūblica / Republican