English
amandation
Amandation may come from Latin amandatio ‘dismissal, banishment’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamandatio‘dismissal, banishment’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1856amandation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamandatio‘dismissal, banishment’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1856amandation
Earliest quotation: c. 1856, Samuel K. Hoshour: “In verity, he possessed no habilitation for his function,…”
Linked words
through Latin mandō ‘entrust’
commander, mandatory, commodore, mandate, commend, commando, commandment, commandant, manger, mandible, mange, mandibular, commandeer, 10 more
Today it means
noun The act of sending someone away.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin amandatio / amandation