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Loading... Where does the word omnibus come from? Earliest known use. 1820s. The earliest known use of the word omnibus is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for omnibus is from 1829, in British Traveller. omnibus is a borrowing from French.
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OED's earliest evidence for omnibus is from 1833, in a diary entry by William Macready, actor and theatre manager. It is also recorded as a noun from the 1820s. omnibus is formed within English, by conversion.
An early horse-drawn omnibus from mid-nineteenth century. The word bus is a shortened form of the Latin adjectival form omnibus ("for all"), the dative plural of omnis/omne ("all"). [4] The theoretical full name is in French voiture omnibus [1] ("vehicle for all").
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1. An omnibus is a book which contains a large collection of stories or articles, often by a particular person or about a particular subject. [...] 2. An omnibus bill is a piece of legislation which contains several different parts or which applies to a variety of different situations. [US] [...]
Word Origin early 19th cent.: via French from Latin, literally ‘for all’, dative plural of omnis.
It is derived from the Latin word 'omnibus,' which means 'for all' or 'to or for everyone.' In its original sense, 'omnibus' referred to a public vehicle, such as a bus or carriage, that was available for use by all members of the public, regardless of their social status or individual needs.
dictionary.cambridge.org · english · omnibusOMNIBUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
a book consisting of two or more parts that have already been published separately. Compare. anthology. UK. a program consisting of two or more parts that have already been broadcast separately: the omnibus edition of a soap opera. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
