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Where does “cardinalate” come from?

cardinalate (English) comes from English Cardinal, from Canadian French Cardinal, from French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis, from Latin cardō, from Latin carduus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

cardinalate (English): The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman...

Definitions

  1. The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman...

Ancestry of “cardinalate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCardinalA player on the St. Louis Cardinals team; A...
2Canadian FrenchCardinal—
3FrenchcardinalImportant; paramount; cardinal; Cardinal number
4Latincardinālis—
5Latincardō—
6Latincarduusa wild thistle; the artichoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →