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- Latin · derived fromcentumvirātus
- English todaycentumvirate
From Latin centumvirātus, from centumvirī (“centumvirs, centumviri”) + ātus (abstract noun-forming suffix). Equivalent to centumvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting a rank or office, here the group of people performing it).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.