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Where does “emirate” come from?

Emirate derives from English emir plus the suffix -atus, from Arabic أَمِير, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tós denoting a state or condition.

emirate (English): A country ruled by an emir; The office of an emir

Definitions

  1. A country ruled by an emir; The office of an emir

Ancestry of “emirate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-atehaving the specified thing; characterized by the...
2English-cyUsed to form nouns of state, condition or quality...
3Anglo-Norman-cie—
4Latin-tiaoffice, rank
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “emirate”

  • amirate
  • 에미리트
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