Where does “empir” come from?
empir (Cornish) comes from English Empire, from Middle English empire, from Old French empire, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
empir (Cornish): empire
Definitions
- empire
Ancestry of “empir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Empire | Following or imitating a style popular during the... |
| 2 | Middle English | empire | Emperorship; the office, power or title of... |
| 3 | Old French | empire | empire |
| 4 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 5 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 8 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 11 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |