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