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

  1. Alternative form of emperice

Ancestry of “emperesse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchempererizempress
2LatinimperātrīxA female ruler of an empire, empress
3Latinimperōto command, give orders to, impose, demand
4Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “emperesse

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en