## Etymology
From Late Latin remandare ('to send back word'), from re- ('back') + mandare ('to commit, command'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

## AI Etymology
Remand comes from Late Latin remandare ('to send back word'), from re- ('back') + mandare ('to commit, command'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give'). The historical chain includes Latin remandare, Latin mandare, and Latin manus. The quoted older senses, "to send back word", "back", "to commit, command", "hand", and "to give", supply the semantic anchors for remand. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word remand carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to send back into custody or to a lower court". English derivatives include remandment; related English forms include mandate, command, and demand. The result is a verb and noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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