candidate
Meaningone dressed in white
Common meaning: someone seeking a post
- candto shine white; bright whiteLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 277 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Journey through time
- Latincandeō; candidus‘to shine white’
- Englishcandidate‘someone seeking a post’ · today
cand also in: candidcandleincenseincandescent
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin candeō; candidus ‘to shine white; bright white’.
Did you know (Roman office-seekers wore…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CANDIDATE, p. 91 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin candere, "to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry candeō, p. 277 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CANDIDATE, p. 91 · dictionary scan
Roots
- candeō; candidus Latin “to shine white; bright white”
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