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delegatus.

delegate; assignment/delegation to third party of creditor's interest/debtor's liability;

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. assignment; delegation (financial, to a third party)

    declension-4
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lēx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lēgō Latin dēlēgō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin dēlēgātus From dēlēgō + -tus.

verb
  1. delegated; sent on a commission

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect passive participle of dēlēgō.

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