NODE / 0038attestedLatin
candidus
bright white; shining; clear
- DATE
- Latin antiquity
- SENSE
- default
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / Italic
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:9:candidus:attested
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
GO DEEPERderivationestablished
Latin · Latin antiquitycandēre
to shine; glow; be white
- SOUND
- candidus belongs to the candēre family of shining and whiteness.
- MEANING
- Physical brightness and whiteness extended to clarity and unblemished quality.
- SCHOLAR
- Latin lexicography
- CONFIDENCE
- established
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
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03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
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- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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- REVIEWED EDGES
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- DEEPEST PATH
- 2
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 2
HISTORICAL STEP 012 EDGES
STEP 01derivationestablished
- 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.
Corpus of Latin Dictionaries editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 31 ↗ STEP 01borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Middle French candide was borrowed from Latin candidus with regular Romance adaptation.
- MEANING
- Latin brightness and whiteness support French brilliance and favorable disposition.
HISTORICAL STEP 022 EDGES
STEP 02borrowingestablished
- 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.
Merriam-Webster · CNRTL editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 30 ↗ STEP 02borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- English borrowed the adjective through Middle French candide with spelling and pronunciation adapted to English.
- MEANING
- Brightness, favor, and unblemished quality develop toward openness, fairness, and frank expression.
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04RECORDED EVIDENCE
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05EDITORIAL REUSE
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