EuroLex/F/Engagement


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: engagement - 1. commitment, responsibility; 2. commitment, dedication; 3. promise, consent (to marry); 4. [milit] deployment, mission

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: engage + -ment

engage : 1430, from MF engagier, from OF en gage "under pledge", from en "make" + gage "pledge", through Frankish from PGmc *wadiare "pledge" (showing the common evolution of Gmc. -w- to Fr. -g-). Specific sense of "promise to marry" first recorded 1727.

-ment: ME, from OF, from L -mentum, suffix forming nouns, usually from verbs Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com, http://www.etymonline.com

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