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Where does “consulship” come from?

Consulship derives from English consul, from Latin consul, from Latin consulere meaning "to deliberate," from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- meaning "to shape or fashion."

consulship (English): The office of a consul, in its various senses;...

Definitions

  1. The office of a consul, in its various senses;...

Ancestry of “consulship”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-shipAppended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a...
2Middle English-schipeAffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...
3Old English-sċiepe—
4Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
5Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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