Etymology

Duchy of Normandy

Today it means: A country, a duchy in Europe, now only composed of the Channel Islands in the English Channel; a crown possession of the Monarch of England, since the Conquest of England by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy; bureaucratically, it is administered by the UK. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman Normandie ← Norman Normandie ← Old French Normandie
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromdux
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromduché
  3. Old French · derived fromNormandie
  4. Norman · derived fromNormandie
  5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromNormandie
  6. English todayDuchy of Normandy

duchy+Normandy. From Anglo-Norman Normandie, from Norman Normandie, from Old French Normandie, from normant+-ie. From Anglo-Norman duché, from Latin dux.

Words from the same roots

Anglo-Normanduché all →

duchy

Latindux all →

duchyduxarchduchydossildux bellorumIl Duce

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.