emanate
verbUS /ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin exder. Latin ē Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-no-der. Latin mānō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin mānāre Latin ēmānārebor. English emanate From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from ē (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).
1
To come from a source; issue from.
- Fragrance emanates from flowers.
- […] this Association has taken into its serious consideration a proposal, emanating from the aforesaid, Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.P.C., and three other Pickwickians hereinafter named, […]1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:
3 more examples
- that subsisting form of government from which all special laws emanate1830, Thomas De Quincey, “Kant in his Miscellaneous Essays”, in Blackwood's Magazine:
- Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person. It was not in the least unpleasant, and it reminded him—well, he wasn’t quite sure what it reminded him of.1959 November 20, Roald Dahl, "The Landlady", archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023:
- The smell of fresh asphalt hangs heavy in the air at Dore & Totley station. It's even powerful enough to overcome the usual delightful aromas emanating from the well-known curry house which occupies the original platform building.2024 May 1, Tom Ingall, “Hope springs eternal for better services”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 52:
2
Rare To send or give out; emit.
- […] his baggy, wrinkled suit emanating a diapery stench […]2015, Charles Holdefer, Nice:
- Related terms
- emanation