Etymology

envoy

E1N1V4O1Y4

Today it means: A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador. Full definition →

French envoyé
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · derived fromenvoyé“envoy, messenger”
  2. English todayenvoy

From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.