Where does “դեսպանորդ” come from?

դեսպանորդ (Armenian) comes from Armenian -որդ, from Old Armenian -որդ, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰro- — suffix forming instrument nouns.

դեսպանորդ (Armenian): envoy, minister a diplomatic representative of the second class, ranking immediately below an ambassador

Definitions

  1. envoy, minister a diplomatic representative of the second class, ranking immediately below an ambassador

Ancestry of “դեսպանորդ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenian-որդforming agent nouns
2Old Armenian-որդforming agent nouns
3Proto-Indo-European-dʰro-suffix forming instrument nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰro- →Every word from Old Armenian -որդ →Every word from Armenian -որդ →