PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
French candeur is a published route, while Merriam-Webster describes the English borrowing as French and Latin. Direct learned Latin influence therefore remains visible.
/ˈkændər/ · noun
Frankness or honest expression, historically a word for brightness, radiance, whiteness, and unstained purity.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Keeps both channels visible in the borrowing history.
Word History: borrowed from French and LatinThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.