English
demand
Demand comes from Old French demander ‘to ask’, from Latin dēmandō ‘to entrust, commit’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēmandō‘to entrust, commit’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400demander‘to ask’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500demaunden
- Englishearliest quotation 1850demand
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēmandō‘to entrust, commit’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400demander‘to ask’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500demaunden
- Englishearliest quotation 1850demand
Earliest quotation: 1850, [Alfred, Canto XXXI: “When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, And home to Mary’s…”
A compound of dē ‘of’ + dē- + mandō ‘to order, command, enjoin’
Proto-Indo-European *de ‘to, towards’
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ ‘toward, in the direction of’
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē ‘of; concerning; about’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon, signal’
Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
Proto-Italic *manuðō ‘to hand over’
Latin mandō ‘to order, command, enjoin’
Every English word from Latin dēmandō
Today it means
noun The desire to purchase goods and services.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dēmandō / demand