English
consulate
Consulate comes from Latin consulātus ‘the consulate, consulship’, and goes back to consul.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsul‘consul: either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsulātus‘the consulate, consulship’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consulat
- Englishtodayconsulate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsul‘consul: either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsulātus‘the consulate, consulship’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consulat
- Englishtodayconsulate
Equivalent to consul + -ate
Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- ‘to take’
Latin cōnsul ‘consul: either of the two highest-ranking…’
Old English consul ‘Roman consul’
Middle English consul ‘Roman consul’
English consul
The story
In some senses, via French consulat.
Linked words
through Latin consul ‘consul: either of the two highest-ranking…’
Today it means
noun Rule by consuls, as during most periods of the Roman Republic or in France between 1799 and 1804.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin consul / consulate