Where does “emperesse” come from?
emperesse (Middle English) comes from Old French empereriz, from Latin imperātrīx, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
emperesse (Middle English): Alternative form of emperice
Definitions
- Alternative form of emperice
Ancestry of “emperesse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | empereriz | empress |
| 2 | Latin | imperātrīx | — |
| 3 | Latin | imperō | — |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “emperesse”