Where does “empire” come from?
empire (Old French) comes from Latin imperium, 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...
empire (Old French): empire
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Ancestry of “empire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 2 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 5 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 8 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |