Latin candidātus is built from candidus and identifies the person clothed in shining white.
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candidātus
a person standing for office; the white-clad one
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquitycandidus
bright white; shining; clear
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The white-clad Roman office-seeker became the lexical category for a person seeking office.
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Corpus of Latin Dictionaries: candidatuscandidatus
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Office-seeker identified by glittering white clothing.
Étymologie: candidat / candidateÉtymologie
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Toga candida explanation.
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