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Where does “miniempire” come from?

miniempire (English) comes from English Empire, from Middle English empire, from Old French empire, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

miniempire (English): A small empire

Definitions

  1. A small empire

Ancestry of “miniempire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEmpireFollowing or imitating a style popular during the...
2Middle EnglishempireEmperorship; the office, power or title of...
3Old Frenchempireempire
4LatinimperiumThe empire, state, imperial government, realm,...
5Latinimperāre—
6Latinparāre—
7Latinparō—
8Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
9Proto-Italicpektos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
11Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
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