Where does “ампир” come from?
ампир (Russian) comes from French empire, from Old French empire, from Latin imperium, from Latin imperāre, from Latin parāre, from Latin parō, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
ампир (Russian): Empire style
Definitions
- Empire style
Ancestry of “ампир”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | empire | empire; influence, authority, dominion;... |
| 2 | Old French | empire | empire |
| 3 | Latin | imperium | The empire, state, imperial government, realm,... |
| 4 | Latin | imperāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | parāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | parō | to arrange, order, contrive, design |
| 7 | Latin | pectus | chest, breast; heart, breast, as the seat of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pektos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peg- | breast |
| 10 | English | polyethylene glycol | Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of... |