Etymology

sergeancy

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Today it means: The role, rank or office of a sergeant; sergeantship. Full definition →

Middle English sergeancie ← Anglo-Norman serjancie ← Medieval Latin serjantia
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromserjantia
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromserjancie
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsergeancie
  4. English todaysergeancy

From Middle English sergeancie, from Anglo-Norman serjancie and Medieval Latin serjantia, sergantia. Compare sergeanty.

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinserjantia all →

serjeanty

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.