emancipation
/ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən/ih-man-suh-PAY-shuhn
/ɪˌmænsəˈpeɪʃən/ih-man-suh-PAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of emancipating
Common meaning: setting free from control or slavery
- eout
- manthe handLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1111 · scan
- cipto grasp, takeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 283 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘out’ + ‘the hand’ + ‘to grasp, take’ → emancipation
Journey through time
man Latin manus, -ūs “the hand”
- Latinmanussource
cip Latin capiō, cēpī, captum “to grasp, take”
- Latincaperesource
Parts join in Latin as emancipare.
- Latinemancipare‘to set free’source
- Englishemancipate‘to set free’
- Englishformed in English from emancipateemancipation‘setting free from control or slavery’ · 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
- 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: Formed in English from emancipate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EMANCIPATE, p.188 · scan
Roots
- capiō, cēpī, captum Latin “to grasp, take”
- manus, -ūs Latin “the hand”
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