Commissariat

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Commissariat

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c. 1600, in Scottish law, “commissary court,” from French commissariat, from Medieval Latin *commissariatus, from commissarius (see commissary). Military use is from 1779. In reference to the USSR, “ministry,” from 1918.