Where does “empire” come from?
empire (Middle English) comes from Old French empire, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg- — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
empire (Middle English): Emperorship; the office, power or title of...
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- Emperorship; the office, power or title of...
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