'Delegate' is Latin for 'sent away on a lawful mission' — from 'lex' (law) + 'de-' (away).
A person authorized to act as a representative for another; as a verb, to entrust a task or authority to another person.
From Latin 'dēlēgātus,' past participle of 'dēlēgāre' (to send as a representative, to assign a commission), formed from 'dē-' (from, completely, marking thoroughness) and 'lēgāre' (to send with a commission, to appoint as deputy, to bequeath). The verb 'lēgāre' derives from 'lēx,' 'lēgis' (law), from PIE *leǵ- (to collect, gather, put in order). A delegate is therefore someone formally 'sent out' under the authority of law — commissioned and