NODE / 0398attestedMiddle French
candide
brilliant; favorably disposed
- DATE
- Middle French, c. 1300–1600
- SENSE
- bright favorable
- FAMILY
- Indo-European / Romance
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:18:candide:attested:sense:bright-favorable
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
GO DEEPERborrowingestablished
Latin · Latin antiquitycandidus
bright white; shining; clear
- SOUND
- Middle French candide was borrowed from Latin candidus with regular Romance adaptation.
- MEANING
- Latin brightness and whiteness support French brilliance and favorable disposition.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.
- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
- 1
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 1
- DEEPEST PATH
- 1
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 1
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01borrowingestablished
- 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.
“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.
04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
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05EDITORIAL REUSE
WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE