Where does “mbretëri” come from?
mbretëri (Albanian) comes from Albanian mbret, from Vulgar Latin imperatus, from Latin imperātor, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
mbretëri (Albanian): monarchy; kingdom, realm
Ancestry of “mbretëri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | mbret | king; king in a pack of playing cards |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | imperatus | commanded |
| 3 | Latin | imperātor | — |
| 4 | Latin | imperō | — |
| 5 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |