syndicate

syndicate · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύνδικος“advocate for a defendant”
2. Medieval Latin · derived from*syndicātus
3. French · derived fromsyndicat“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”
4. English todaysyndicate

Anglicized from French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”) on the basis of -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group formed of people of this same office), equivalent to syndic (“syndic; representative; (especially) chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (“-ate”, forms nouns denoting rank or office), from Medieval Latin *syndicātus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (“-ate”). By surface analysis, syndic + -ate. Compare Italian sindacato (“syndicate; trade union; audit, control, supervision”), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato (“trade union”), Spanish sindicado, sindicato (“office of a syndic; syndicate; trade union”).

syndicate · verb²

1. French · derived fromsyndiquer
2. English todaysyndicate

From the noun or French syndiquer, either on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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