Etymology

countship

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Today it means: The rank or position of a count. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English count ← Middle English counten
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The story

  1. Latincomputō
  2. Anglo-Normancounter
  3. Middle Englishcounten
  4. Englishcount
  5. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  6. English todaycountship

From count + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.