Etymology

czardom

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Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos ← English czar
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The story

  1. LatinCaesar
  2. Proto-Germanic*kaisaraz
  3. Proto-Slavic*cěsařь
  4. Old East Slavicцѣсарь (cěsarĭ)
  5. Old East Slavicцьсарь (cĭsarĭ)
  6. Russianцарь (carʹ)
  7. Englishczar
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  10. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  11. English todayczardom

From czar + -dom.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.