emancipate

/ɪˈmænsəˌpeɪt/ih-MAN-suh-payt

/ɪˈmænsəˌpeɪt/ih-MAN-suh-payt

Meaningto let go from the hand

Common meaning: to set free

eout
manthe handLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1111 · scan
cipto grasp, takeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 283 · scan
ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having

‘out’ + ‘the hand’ + ‘to grasp, take’ → emancipate

Journey through time

man — Latin manus, -ūs “the hand” (path traced)
cip — Latin capiō, cēpī, captum “to grasp, take” (path traced)

Parts join in Latin as emancipare.

Latinmanus + capere‘hand + to take’source
Latinemancipare‘to set free’source
Englishemancipate‘to set free’ · today

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

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Origin: Built on Latin manus ‘the hand’ and Latin capiō ‘to grasp, take’.

Roots

capiō, cēpī, captum Latin “to grasp, take”
manus, -ūs Latin “the hand”

Related words

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