Etymology

heretoga

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Today it means: An Anglo-Saxon army leader or commander; a general; a duke. Full definition →

Old English heretoga
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The story

  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromheretoga“army leader, commander, general”
  2. English todayheretoga

Learned borrowing from Old English heretoga (“army leader, commander, general”). Doublet of heretog and herzog.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishheretoga all →

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