Where does “generalship” come from?
Generalship comes from English general plus the suffix -ship, with general from Middle English general, Middle French general, Latin generalis (adjective form of genus, "kind" or "race"), and the suffix -alis attached to Proto-Italic genos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-, meaning "to beget" or "produce."
generalship (English): The position or office of a general; The term of...
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- The position or office of a general; The term of...
Ancestry of “generalship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | General | The military officer title |
| 2 | Middle English | general | universal, complete; comprehensive, wide-ranging;... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | general | general |
| 4 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 5 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |