Where does “commissionerate” come from?
commissionerate (English) comes from English Commissioner, from Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
commissionerate (English): Part of a district placed under the control of a police commissioner
Definitions
- Part of a district placed under the control of a police commissioner
Ancestry of “commissionerate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Commissioner | One who commissions something |
| 2 | Middle English | commissioner | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | commissionaire | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | commissionarius | — |
| 5 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |