Where does “principalité” come from?
principalité (French) comes from Latin prīncipālitās, from Latin principālis, from Latin prīncipium, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
principalité (French): headmastership, headship
Ancestry of “principalité”, step by step