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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
2Latinablēgātus—
3Latinablēgō—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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