Etymology

commissioner

com·mis·sion·er
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Today it means: One who commissions something. Full definition →

Middle English commissioner ← Anglo-Norman commissionaire ← Medieval Latin commissiōnārius
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  9. Proto-Italic*meitō
  10. Old Latinmītō
  11. Latinmittō
  12. Latincommittō
  13. Latincommissiō
  14. Medieval Latincommissiōnārius
  15. Anglo-Normancommissionaire
  16. Middle Englishcommissioner
  17. English todaycommissioner

From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. By surface analysis, commission + -er.

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