English
agent general
From agent + general, after French agent général, Italian agente generale.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
Latin agō ‘to act’
Latin agēns ‘doing’
English agent
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’
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Latin genus ‘class, kind’
Latin generālis ‘general’
Anglo-Norman general
Middle English general ‘universal’
English general
Today it means
noun The representative of a British colony or, later, of a Canadian province or Australian state in key cities abroad.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / agent general