Etymology

kingship

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Today it means: The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English king ← Middle English king
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kunją
  3. Proto-Germanic*kuningaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kuning
  5. Old Englishcyning
  6. Middle Englishking
  7. Englishking
  8. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  9. English todaykingship

From king + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.