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Candidate — Word History
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 30supportsestablished
candidate → candidātus
Present-Day English → Latin · borrowing
- 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.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · CNRTL editors
Word HistoryEnglish borrowing and date.
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candidateSOURCE-REPORTED
candidate
English lexical record
OPEN WITNESS 10 ↗050
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stage 1supports
Roman office-seeking practice
Connects Roman office-seeking, the whitened toga, candidātus “dressed in white,” and candidus “bright, white.”
Did You Know? and Word History: Etymology · regionalstage 3supports
England
Derives English candidate from Latin candidātus and reports 1600 as the first-known-use horizon.
Word History: Etymology and First Known Use · regionalstage 4supports
English-language candidate senses
Documents office, award, job, degree, medical, and general suitability senses while dating only the core English word to 1600.
Current definitions and Word History: First Known Use · global070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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