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Where does “controllership” come from?

controllership (English) comes from English controller, from Middle English countreroller, from Middle French contreroleur, from Anglo-Norman contreroulour, from Old French contreroler, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum, from Medieval Latin rotulus.

controllership (English): The position or office of a controller

Definitions

  1. The position or office of a controller

Ancestry of “controllership”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcontrollerOne who controls something; Any electric or...
2Middle Englishcountreroller—
3Middle Frenchcontreroleuraccount-keeper; one who keeps a register, and...
4Anglo-Normancontreroulourregister-keeper
5Old Frenchcontreroler—
6Old Frenchcontrerole—
7Medieval Latincontrarotuluma counter-roll or register used to verify...
8Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
9Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
10Arabicرَطْل—
11Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
12Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
13Frenchlitrelitre
14Medieval Latinlitra—
15Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
16Proto-Italic*līðrā—
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