Where does “ablegate” come from?

ablegate (English) comes from French ablégat, from Latin ablēgātus, from Latin ablēgō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

ablegate (English): To send abroad; A representative of the pope...

Definitions

  1. To send abroad; A representative of the pope...

Ancestry of “ablegate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchablégatablegate
2Latinablēgātussent off or away, dispatched, having been dispatched
3Latinablēgōto send off or away on a mission
4Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
5Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
6Proto-Italiclēg-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic lēg-
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