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Where does “vice-consul” come from?

vice-consul (English) comes from English consul, from Middle English consul, from Old English consul, from Latin cōnsul, from Latin consulere — second-person singular future passive indicative...

vice-consul (English): A consular officer who reports directly to the...

Definitions

  1. A consular officer who reports directly to the...

Ancestry of “vice-consul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconsulEither of the two heads of government and state...
2Middle Englishconsul—
3Old Englishconsul—
4Latincōnsul—
5Latinconsuleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
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