diplomatic English · revision 7889

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1711|origins=grc δίπλωμα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from Modern Latin [[m|la-new|diplomaticus]] (1680s), and in the later senses from French [[m|fr|diplomatique]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from diplomat-, the stem of Latin [[m|la|diploma|t=a state letter of recommendation]] (see [[diploma]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from Greek [[m|grc|δίπλωμα|tr=díplōma|t=a licence, chart; a paper folded double]], from diploûn, to double, from diplóos, double.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of official or original documents, texts or charters: 1711.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of official papers connected with international relations it is from 1780.^(OED 1989) Concerned with the management of international relations is from 1787,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) a sense that apparently grew from the use of Modern Latin diplomaticus in the titles of collections of treaties, where it referred to the texts but came to be felt as meaning international.^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) Skilled in negotiation, tactful, is from 1826.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Diplomatic immunity'' is attested by 1849.^(Etymonline) Of a copy, reproducing the original exactly, is a scholarly sense.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1680s – Modern Latin diplomaticus.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1711 – of documents.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1787 – of international relations.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1826 – tactful.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1849 – diplomatic immunity.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to [[diplomacy]] or [[diplomat|alt=diplomats]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # [[tactful|alt=Tactful]] and sensitive in dealing with people.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of or relating to [[diplomatics]], the study of old documents.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of a copy, exactly reproducing the original.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[diplomatically]]

+ * [[diplomatist]]

+ * [[nondiplomatic]]

+ * [[undiplomatic]]

+ * [[diplomatic corps]]

+ * [[diplomatic immunity]]

+ * [[diplomatic pouch]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[diplomacy]]

+ * [[diplomat]]

+ * [[diploma]]

+ * [[double]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}