Etymology

leadership

lead·er·ship
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Today it means: The capacity of someone to lead others. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English leader ← Middle English ledere
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*laidī
  2. Proto-West Germanic*laid
  3. Proto-West Germanic*laidijārī
  4. Old Englishlǣdere
  5. Middle Englishledere
  6. Englishleader
  7. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  8. English todayleadership

From leader + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.