candidato

/kandiˈdato/ · B1 · noun · m

campaigner

candidato — campaigner

🗳️ Candidato = candidate; Latin candidatus, clothed in white

Roman office seekers wore a toga whitened with chalk, a toga candida, to look honest. Candidus means bright white, the root of candid too, so a candidato is literally the one dressed in white.

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