The story
- Late Latin · borrowed fromcommissarius
- English todaycommissary
From Late Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
commissary
com·mis·sa·ryToday it means: A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. Full definition →
Late Latin commissarius