Where does “senate” come from?
Senate comes from Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senatus, a noun formed with the suffix -atus from Proto-Indo-European sénos meaning "old" with the suffix -eh₂tos, itself from the root -tós.
senate (English): In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper...
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