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Where does “empereriz” come from?

empereriz (Old French) comes from Latin imperātrīx, from Latin imperō, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empereriz (Old French): empress

Definitions

  1. empress

Ancestry of “empereriz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimperātrīx—
2Latinimperō—
3Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “empereriz”

  • empress
  • empressment
  • emperice
  • emperesse
  • emperris
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →