patriarchate

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπατριάρχης“patriarch”
2. Medieval Latin · derived frompatriarchatus
3. Old French · derived frompatriarcat
4. Middle French · borrowed frompatriarcat
5. English todaypatriarchate

From Middle French patriarcat, from Old French patriarcat, from Medieval Latin patriarchatus, from Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”). By surface analysis, patriarch + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it, a body of people involved with it).

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