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Where does “grāfio” come from?

grāfio (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic garāfijō — count; earl; reeve, bailiff.

grāfio (Old High German): ruler; count, local judge

Definitions

  1. ruler; count, local judge

Ancestry of “grāfio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgarāfijōcount; earl; reeve, bailiff

Words derived from “grāfio”

  • burgravius
  • hrabstwo
  • hrabia
  • hrabě
  • hrabství
  • burggrāvo
  • grāve
  • grave
  • גראַף
  • גראַפֿין
  • כראַביע
  • Grof
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