Where does “baronie” come from?

baronie (Yola) comes from Middle English baronie, from Old French baronie, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

baronie (Yola): barony

Definitions

  1. barony

Ancestry of “baronie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbaroniebarony domain or office of a baron
2Old Frenchbaronie
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from English -yEvery word from Old English -iġ