PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. The Latin candēre family is attested, but its deeper reconstructed root and cognate set remain analysis-dependent.
/ˈkændɪdət/ · noun
A person seeking selection or office; ultimately the Roman office-seeker dressed in a bright white toga.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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The Latin lexical record does not license promotion of one deeper *kand- analysis as settled.
etymological notesThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.