Etymology

dukeship

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Today it means: The quality or condition of being a duke. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English duke
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  1. Englishduke
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. English todaydukeship

From duke + -ship. Doublet of dogeship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.