Etymology

dynasty

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Today it means: A series of rulers or dynasts from one family. Full definition →

Middle French dynastie ← Late Latin dynastia ← Ancient Greek δυναστεία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδυναστεία“power, dominion”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromdynastia
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromdynastie
  4. English todaydynasty

Borrowed from Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.