English borrowed the learned Latin office term with regular adaptation of ending and stress.
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candidate
a person seeking office, selection, or appointment
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Roman antiquitycandidātus
a person standing for office; the white-clad one
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An office-seeker remained an office-seeker, later broadening to any person under selection.
English evidence begins around 1600.
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Étymologie: candidat / candidateÉtymologie
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Candidate — Word HistoryWord History
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