Etymology

emissary

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Today it means: An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. Full definition →

French émissaire ← Latin emissarius
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromemissarius“agent, scout, spy”
  2. French · borrowed fromémissaire
  3. English todayemissary

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

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