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COMPLETE ROUTE ↗STAGE 03regionalMAPPABLE REGION
1600 English first-known-use horizon
England
candidate DOSSIER ↗English candidate borrows Latin candidātus for a person seeking office. Merriam-Webster reports 1600 as the first-known-use horizon.
- COORDINATES STORED
- YES
- HONEST TO PLOT
- YES
- PLACEMENT MODE
- regional
- TIME PRECISION
- exact
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 1
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
1600 is the reviewed English first-known-use year, not a claim that the borrowing process or every occurrence began at one instant.
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Candidate — Word History
Derives English candidate from Latin candidātus and reports 1600 as the first-known-use horizon.
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