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Stage 1 of 3
manus
Latin · ancient
"hand"
hand, combined with capere (to take) to form mancipium (formal ownership)
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Stage 2 of 3
emancipare
Latin · ancient
"to release from ownership"
to release from ownership, from ex- (out) and mancipium (ownership)
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Stage 3 of 3
emancipate
English · 1620s
"to free someone from legal, social, or political restriction"
settled as the English word for freeing someone from legal, social, or political restriction
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