Where does “diplomat” come from?
Diplomat comes from French diplomate, from French diplomatique, from Latin diploma meaning a folded document, from Ancient Greek διπλόος meaning double, from δῐ́ς meaning twice.
diplomat (English): A person, such as an ambassador, who is...
Definitions
- A person, such as an ambassador, who is...
Ancestry of “diplomat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | diplomate | diplomat |
| 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 |