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- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
- Proto-Italic*manus
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
- Proto-Italic*manuðō
- Latinmandō
- Latindemandāre
- Old Frenchdemander
- Middle Englishdemaunden
- English todaydemand
From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.