Etymograph

English

mandamento

Mandamento comes from Italian mandamento ‘the territory of a Cosa Nostra clan’, from mandare ‘to send, forward, dispatch, transmit’, and ultimately from Latin mandāre.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandāre
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentmandare‘to send, forward, dispatch, transmit’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmandamento‘the territory of a Cosa Nostra clan’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandāre
  2. Italianc. 1300–presentmandare‘to send, forward, dispatch, transmit’
  3. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmandamento‘the territory of a Cosa Nostra clan’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin mandāre

recommend, commendable

Today it means

noun mandamento (former type of Italian administrative district; territory ruled by a praetor)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin mandāre / mandamento

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