Etymology

diplomacy

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Today it means: The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals. Full definition →

French diplomatie ← Latin diploma
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdiploma“a letter of recommendation or authority”
  2. French · borrowed fromdiplomatie
  3. English todaydiplomacy

From French diplomatie, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from Latin diploma (“a letter of recommendation or authority”); see diploma.

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