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legatio.

embassy; member of an embassy; mission;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɫeːˈɡaː.ti.oː]Classical-Latin[leˈɡat.t͡si.o]

  1. ambassador (office, not person)

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  2. embassy; member of an embassy

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  3. legation; a diplomatic mission (cf. Whitaker’s Words)

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  4. deputy command

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  5. donation, bequest (medieval)

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin lēgō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lēgātiō From lēgō (“send with a commission”) + -tiō.

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