Where does “omnisovereignty” come from?

omnisovereignty (English) comes from English sovereignty, from Middle English sovereynte, from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, from Old French souveraineté, from Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin superanus, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper.

omnisovereignty (English): Unlimited, unconditional sovereignty, often attributed to a supreme being

Definitions

  1. Unlimited, unconditional sovereignty, often attributed to a supreme being

Ancestry of “omnisovereignty”, step by step

omnisovereignty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sovereignty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsovereigntyThe state of making laws and controlling...
2Middle EnglishsovereynteTotal control or rulership; sovereignty,...
3Anglo-NormansovereynetéAlternative form of sovereinté
4Old Frenchsouveraineté
5Old Frenchsoverainsovereign
6Vulgar Latinsuperanus
7Latinsuper"accusative" above, on the top of, upon;...
8Latineks-uper
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
11Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via English omni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishomniA person who is not vegan; one with no particular...
2EnglishomnivoreAn animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore)
3Latinomnivoruseating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous
4Latin-vorus-eating, -devouring
5Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
6Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
7Proto-Italic-os
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér