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Where does “ንጉሥ” come from?
ንጉሥ (Amharic) comes from Ge'ez ንጉሥ, from Ge'ez ነግሠ — to rule, reign.
ንጉሥ
(Amharic): king
Definitions
king
Ancestry of “ንጉሥ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ge'ez
ንጉሥ
king
2
Ge'ez
ነግሠ
to rule, reign
Words derived from “ንጉሥ”
Negus
negus
negus
négus
negus
Negus
ንግሥት
negus
nugusa
negussita
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