Where does “premonarchic” come from?
premonarchic (English) comes from English monarchic, from French monarchique, from French monarchie, from Old French monarchie, from Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία, from Ancient Greek μόναρχος, from Ancient Greek μόνος.
premonarchic (English): Before the establishment of a monarchy
Definitions
- Before the establishment of a monarchy
Ancestry of “premonarchic”, step by step
premonarchic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English monarchic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monarchic | Of, or relating to monarchy or to a monarch |
| 2 | French | monarchique | monarchical |
| 3 | French | monarchie | monarchy |
| 4 | Old French | monarchie | — |
| 5 | Latin | monarchia | monarchy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μοναρχία | monarchy |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μόναρχος | king, monarch; commander, general; dictator |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μόνος | alone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |