Etymology

caesar

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Today it means: A title of Roman emperors. Full definition →

Latin Caesar
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caesar · noun1

By extension from personal name Caesar.

Caesar · proper noun, noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromCaesar
  2. English todayCaesar

From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages, all ultimately from the same Latin root. See also Kaiser and tsar and compare Middle English Cesar.

Words from the same roots

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kaisertsar

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