Etymology

abbotcy

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Today it means: Abbacy; office of abbot (superior of a monastery). Full definition →

English abbot ← Old English abbod ← Latin abbātem
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The story

  1. Proto-Afroasiatic*ʔab-
  2. Proto-Semitic*ʔabw-
  3. Aramaicאַבָּא (ʾabbā)
  4. Ancient Greekἀββα (abba)
  5. Ancient Greekἀββᾶς (abbâs)
  6. Latinabbās
  7. Latinabbātem
  8. Old Englishabbod
  9. Englishabbot
  10. English todayabbotcy

From abbot + -cy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.