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Where does “imperium” come from?

imperium (Latin) comes from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

imperium (Latin): The empire, state, imperial government, realm,...

Definitions

  1. The empire, state, imperial government, realm,...

Ancestry of “imperium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimperāre—
2Latinparāre—
3Latinparō—
4Latinpectuschest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of...
5Proto-Italicpektos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
7Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Words derived from “imperium”

  • empire
  • imperial
  • imperialism
  • imperious
  • imperialist
  • imperiously
  • imperialistic
  • imperium
  • imperiousness
  • imperially
  • antiimperialist
  • imperia
  • empery
  • postimperial
  • neoimperialism
  • imperialistically
  • imperialization
  • neoimperialist
  • imperiality
  • nonimperial
  • preimperial
  • nonimperialistic
  • imperialize
  • miniempire
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