Etymology

rulership

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Today it means: A position in which one rules or has sovereignty over others. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English ruler
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The story

  1. Englishruler
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. English todayrulership

From ruler + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.