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Where does “souveraineté” come from?

souveraineté (French) comes from French -té, from Middle French -té, from Old French -té, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

souveraineté (French): sovereignty

Definitions

  1. sovereignty

Ancestry of “souveraineté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-té-ty
2Middle French-té-ty
3Old French-té-ty
4Latin-īta—
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “souveraineté”

  • Souveränität
  • suveranitate
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