Declare
/dɪˈklɛər/noun
To make something known openly or officially.
Did you know?Declare comes from Latin *declarare*, and the same root *clar-* also gave English words like *clear* and *clarity*—so in ancient thought, to speak was to illuminate.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱel-
“to shout, call, or make known”
Latin
Latin
clarus
“clear, bright, loud, famous”
Latin
Latin
declarare
“to make clear, reveal, explain”
Old French
OF
declarer
“to explain, announce openly”
Middle English
English
declaren
“to make known, state formally”
Modern English
English
declare
“to state or announce openly and officially”