English
legateship
From legate + -ship.
Formed from legate + -ship
Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’
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Latin lēgō ‘to bequeath, send as envoy’
Latin lēgātus ‘envoy, ambassador, legate’
Old French legat
Old English legat(e)
English legate
Today it means
noun The office or authority of a legate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / legateship