Where does “premiership” come from?
Premiership derives from premier plus the Middle English suffix -schipe, from Old English -scipe, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -skapiz and skapjaną, rooted in Proto-Indo-European skab-.
premiership (English): The office of a premier or prime minister; The...
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- The office of a premier or prime minister; The...
Ancestry of “premiership”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | premier | Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree;... |
| 2 | French | premier | first; prime; premier |
| 3 | Middle French | premier | first |
| 4 | Old French | premier | first; beginning; start |
| 5 | Latin | prīmārius | One of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities |
| 6 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 7 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |