Etymograph

English

consular

Consular comes from Latin cōnsulāris ‘of or pertaining to a consul’, and goes back to cōnsul.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsul1‘consul: either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsulāris2‘of or pertaining to a consul’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consular2
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1612consular2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin consularis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English consular
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1612, Samuel Danyel, The First Part of the Historie of England: “And reordring the gouernment therof, for a future security,…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsulWiktionary, Latin consularis‘consul: either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsulārisWiktionary, English consular‘of or pertaining to a consul’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500consularWiktionary, English consular
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1612consularWiktionary, English consular. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1612, Samuel Danyel, The First Part of the Historie of England: “And reordring the gouernment therof, for a future security,…”

Equivalent to consul + -ar

Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- ‘to take’

Latin cōnsul ‘consul: either of the two highest-ranking…’

Old English consul ‘Roman consul’

Middle English consul ‘Roman consul’

English consul

Linked words

through Latin cōnsul ‘consul: either of the two highest-ranking…’

proconsul, 4 more

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to a consul, or the office thereof.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consular”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin consularis. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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