sceptre

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκῆπτρον“staff, stick, baton”
2. Latin · derived fromscēptrum
3. Old French · derived fromsceptre
4. Middle English · inherited fromseptre
5. English todaysceptre

From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”).