Origin

Secretary

1) Latin language - Secretarius

2) Roman Empire - Scribae

3) Indian history - Amatya/Sachiva/Chitnis

The Latin term "Secretarius", which denotes a person trusted with a master's or employer's secrets, is the source of the English word "Secretary".

The term "Scriabe", which refers to a professional letter writer or someone who keeps private documents, was used in the Old Roman Empire to refer to the official in charge of secretarial responsibilities or doing secretarial work.

Even in Ancient Indian History, Secretary is mentioned during the Mughal and Maratha Empires. They went by the names "Amatya", "Sachiva", or "Chitnis".

One of the most traditional occupations is that of a secretary. It is acknowledged to be as ancient as human civilizations. Secretaries for several departments are employed by both the State Government and the Central Government; they report to ministers in the Sachivalaya.

In the book published by Jacobson 'The Manual of Secretarial Practice' that the profession of a secretary is one of the oldest profession in the world and that wherever there was a man of action there to was a man of pen to record his deeds. The profession of secretary as old as human civilization.