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Executive

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a senior manager, or the branch of government responsible for carrying out laws
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Stage 1 of 2
exsequi
Latin · ancient
"to follow out, to carry out"
to follow out, to carry out, with irregular past participle executus
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Stage 2 of 2
executive
English · 1600s
"a person or branch responsible for carrying out decisions"
formed from execute for a person or branch responsible for carrying out decisions
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