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Mandate

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an official command or authorization, especially one given by voters to elected officials
1
Stage 1 of 2
mandare
Latin · ancient
"to command, to entrust"
to command, to entrust, from manus (hand) and dare (to give)
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Stage 2 of 2
mandate
English · 1500s
"an official command or authorization to act"
settled as the English word for an official command or authorization
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