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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word
DEBENTURE. Etymology of the word
DEBENTURE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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DEBENTURE,
an acknowledgment of a debt. (L.) Spelt debentur
by Lord Bacon, in the old edition of his speech to King James,
touching Purveyors. The passage is thus quoted by
Richardson: 'Nay, father, they are grown to that extremity, as
is affirmed, though it be scarce credible, that they will take
double poundage, once when the debenture [old ed. debentur]
is made, and again the second time when the money is
paid.' Blount, in his Law Dict., has: 'Debentur,
was, by a Rump-Act in 1649, ordained to be in the nature of a bond
or bill, &c. The form of which debentur, as
then used, you may see in Scobel's Rump-Acts, Anno 1649, cap. 63.'—Lat.
debentur, they are due; 'because these receipts began with
the words debentur mihi;' Webster.—Lat. debere,
to be due. See Debt.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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