Etymograph

English

mandatee

From mandate + -ee.

Formed from mandate + -ee

Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’

Proto-Italic *manuðō ‘to hand over’

Latin mandō ‘to commit to one's charge, order, command,…’

Latin neuter

Latin mandātum ‘a charge, order, command, commission, injunction’

English mandate

Today it means

noun A person appointed to some office by mandate.

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

Etymograph / mandatee