Where does “tsar” come from?

Tsar comes from Russian царь, from Latin Caesar, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kéysero-.

tsar (English): An emperor of Russia and of some South Slavic...

Definitions

  1. An emperor of Russia and of some South Slavic...

Ancestry of “tsar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianцарьtsar, Russian emperor; king
2Old East Slavicцьсарь
3Old East Slavicцѣсарьemperor, king
4Proto-Slaviccěsařьemperor, king
5Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
6LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
7Latincaesariesor hair
8Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair

Words derived from “tsar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéysero-