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Where does “sénéchaussée” come from?

sénéchaussée (French) comes from French seneschaucie, from French sénéchaux, from French sénéchal, from Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic siniskalkaz, from Proto-Germanic skalkaz — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

sénéchaussée (French): A seneschalty: a district governed by a...

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  1. A seneschalty: a district governed by a...

Ancestry of “sénéchaussée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchseneschaucie—
2Frenchsénéchauxplural of sénéchal; seneschals
3Frenchsénéchalseneschal; guardian; protector
4Old Frenchseneschalseneschal
5Medieval Latinsiniscalcusseneschal, steward, mayordomo
6Frankishsiniskalkseneschal
7Proto-Germanicsiniskalkaz—
8Proto-Germanicskalkazservant
9Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
10Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
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