comitology
English
/ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/, /ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.dʒi/
noun
Definitions
- (European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
- (humorous) The study of how committees could work, expand, and ramify.
Etymology
Suffix from English committee.
Origin
English
committee
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- comitological English
- commit English
- committal English
- committee English
- committeeing English
- committeeman English
- committeepeople English
- committeeperson English
- committeeship English
- committeewoman English
- multicommittee English
- subcommittee English
- committere Latin
- comité French
- कमेटी Hindi
- komite Cebuano
- comataidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ကော်မတီ Burmese
- kamati Swahili
- ikomiti Xhosa
- komiti Tok Pisin
- commite xno