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candidātus

a person standing for office; the white-clad one

DATE
Roman antiquity
SENSE
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FAMILY
Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY
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Office-seekers were identified by the toga candida.

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GO DEEPERderivationestablished
Latin · Latin antiquity

candidus

bright white; shining; clear

SOUND
Latin candidātus is built from candidus and identifies the person clothed in shining white.
MEANING
The white-clad Roman office-seeker became the lexical category for a person seeking office.
SCHOLAR
Corpus of Latin Dictionaries editors
CONFIDENCE
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished
Present-Day English · c. 1600–today

candidate

a person seeking office, selection, or appointment

SOUND
English borrowed the learned Latin office term with regular adaptation of ending and stress.
MEANING
An office-seeker remained an office-seeker, later broadening to any person under selection.
CHRONOLOGY
English evidence begins around 1600.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster · CNRTL editors
CONFIDENCE
established
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ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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SOURCE-REPORTEDlexical corpus recordestablished

Latin political and lexical record

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candidate dossier · recorded as candidātus
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