secretario

/sekɾeˈtaɾjo/ · A2 · noun · m

secretary

secretario — secretary

📋 secretario = secret + -ario: originally the keeper of secrets

From Latin secretarius, a confidant trusted with secrets (secretum). The -ario ending marks a person tied to something, like English -ary. The trusted keeper of private papers became the record-keeping clerk and the government minister.

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