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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] secretarie, from Medieval [[Latin]] secretarius, confidential employee, secretary, from Latin secretum [[secret]], from neuter of secretus.
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] secretarie, from Medieval [[Latin]] secretarius, confidential employee, secretary, from Latin secretum [[secret]], from neuter of secretus.
The term is derived from the Latin word secernere, "to distinguish" or "to set apart," the passive participle (secretum) meaning "having been set apart," with the [[eventual]] connotation of something [[private]] or confidential. A secretarius was a [[person]], therefore, overseeing [[business]] confidentially, usually for a [[powerful]] [[individual]] (a king, pope, etc).
The term is derived from the Latin word secernere, "to distinguish" or "to set apart," the passive participle (secretum) meaning "having been set apart," with the [[eventual]] connotation of something [[private]] or confidential. A secretarius was a [[person]], therefore, overseeing [[business]] confidentially, usually for a [[powerful]] [[individual]] (a king, pope, etc).