Etymology

mayorship

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Today it means: The office or role of a mayor. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English mayor ← Middle English maire
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Indo-European*méǵyōs
  3. Proto-Italic*majjōs
  4. Latinmaior
  5. Old Frenchmaire
  6. Middle Englishmaire
  7. Englishmayor
  8. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  9. English todaymayorship

From mayor + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.