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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Latin]], from (servus) a manu [[slave]] with [[secretarial]] [[duties]]

[[Latin]], from (servus) a manu [[slave]] with [[secretarial]] [[duties]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1619]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1619]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: one employed to [[write]] from [[dictation]] or to copy [[manuscript]]

*1: one employed to [[write]] from [[dictation]] or to copy [[manuscript]]

'''Amanuensis''' (pronounced /əˌmænjuːˈɛnsɪs/) is a [[Latin]] [[word]] adopted in various [[languages]], including [[English]], for certain [[persons]] performing a function by hand, either [[writing]] down the words of another or performing manual labour. The term is derived from a [[Latin]] [[expression]] which may be [[literally]] translated as "manual labourer".

'''Amanuensis''' (pronounced /əˌmænjuːˈɛnsɪs/) is a [[Latin]] [[word]] adopted in various [[languages]], including [[English]], for certain [[persons]] performing a function by hand, either [[writing]] down the words of another or performing manual labour. The term is derived from a [[Latin]] [[expression]] which may be [[literally]] translated as "manual labourer".

==Origin==

==Origin==

The [[word]] originated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome], for a [[slave]] at his master's [[personal]] [[service]] 'within hand reach', performing any command; later it was specifically applied to an [[intimately]] [[trusted]] [[servant]] (often a freedman) acting as a [[personal]] [[secretary]].

The [[word]] originated in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome ancient Rome], for a [[slave]] at his master's [[personal]] [[service]] 'within hand reach', performing any command; later it was specifically applied to an [[intimately]] [[trusted]] [[servant]] (often a freedman) acting as a [[personal]] [[secretary]].

A similar [[semantic]] [[evolution]] occurred at the French [[royal]] [[court]], where the ''secrétaire de la main du roi'', originally a lowly [[clerk]] specializing in producing, at [[royal]] command, the [[Sovereign]]'s [[signature]] on more [[documents]] than he cared to put his pen to, [[developed]] into the ''secrétaires d'état'', the first permanent portfolio ministers, to which the British [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretaries_of_State Secretaries of State] would be the [[counterpart]].

A similar [[semantic]] [[evolution]] occurred at the French [[royal]] [[court]], where the ''secrétaire de la main du roi'', originally a lowly [[clerk]] specializing in producing, at [[royal]] command, the [[Sovereign]]'s [[signature]] on more [[documents]] than he cared to put his pen to, [[developed]] into the ''secrétaires d'état'', the first permanent portfolio ministers, to which the British [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretaries_of_State Secretaries of State] would be the [[counterpart]].

The term is often used interchangeably with [[secretary]] or [[scribe]].

The term is often used interchangeably with [[secretary]] or [[scribe]].