Where does “diplomacy” come from?
Diplomacy comes from French diplomatie, from Latin diploma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα meaning a folded document, ultimately from δῐ́ς meaning twice.
diplomacy (English): The art and practice of conducting international...
Definitions
- The art and practice of conducting international...
Ancestry of “diplomacy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | diplomatie | The profession and study of diplomacy, conducting... |
| 2 | French | diplomatique | diplomatic |
| 3 | New Latin | diplomaticus | diplomatic |
| 4 | Latin | diploma | letter of recommendation; diploma |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δίπλωμα | something double; folded paper; double pot, for... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διπλόω | To repeat a process; To double, multiply by two;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |