Etymograph

English

amandation

Amandation may come from Latin amandatio ‘dismissal, banishment’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamandatio1‘dismissal, banishment’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1856amandation1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English amandation
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1856, Samuel K. Hoshour: “In verity, he possessed no habilitation for his function,…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamandatioWiktionary, English amandation‘dismissal, banishment’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1856amandationWiktionary, English amandation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1856, Samuel K. Hoshour: “In verity, he possessed no habilitation for his function,…”

Linked words

through Latin mandō ‘entrust’

commander, mandatory, commodore, mandate, commend, commando, commandment, commandant, manger, mandible, mange, mandibular, commandeer, 10 more

Today it means

noun The act of sending someone away.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “amandation”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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