Etymology

marquisate

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Today it means: The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness. Full definition →

Middle French marquisat ← Italian marchesato
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  1. Italian · derived frommarchesato
  2. Middle French · derived frommarquisat
  3. English todaymarquisate

From marquis + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it), on the pattern of Middle French marquisat, Italian marchesato.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.