Etymology of the English word declare
the English word
declarederived from the Latin word
declarare (declare, announce, make known)
using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
derived from the Latin word
clarare (make visible; brighten, light up)
derived from the Latin word
clarus (clear, bright, gleaming)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kelə- (to call)
Date
The earliest known usage of declare in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
declarant,
declared,
declarer,
declaringCognates
Dutch
declareren, French
déclarer, German
deklarieren, Italian
dichiarare, Latin
declarare, Lithuanian
deklaruoti, Norwegian
deklarere, Polish
deklarować, Provençal
declarar, Russian
дeклаpировать, Spanish
declarar, Swedish
deklareraUsage
Word found in Modern English
