The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδίπλωμα“folded paper, license”
- Latin · borrowed fromdiplōma
- English todaydiploma
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Latin diplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “to double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).
Words from the same roots
Latindiplōma all →
diplomacy
Ancient Greekδίπλωμα all →
diplomat
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.