Etymology

ablegate

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Today it means: To send abroad. Full definition →

French ablégate ← Latin ablēgātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromablēgātus
  2. French · borrowed fromablégate
  3. English todayablegate

Borrowed from French ablégate, from Latin ablēgātus, perfect passive participle of ablēgō (“to send off or away; banish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lēgō (“to dispatch, send on a commission”). See legate.

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