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

cardinalate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Cardinal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCardinalA player on the St. Louis Cardinals team; A...
2Canadian FrenchCardinal—
3FrenchcardinalImportant; paramount; cardinal; Cardinal number
4Latincardinālisof or pertaining to a door hinge
5Latincardōhinge (of a door or gate), usually a pivot and socket in Roman times
6Latincarduusa wild thistle; the artichoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Latin cardinālātus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincardinālātus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →Every word from Latin carduus →Every word from Latin cardō →