Etymology

tsarish

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Today it means: Of or resembling a tsar; czarish. Full definition →

English tsar ← Russian царь (carʹ) ← Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ)
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  1. LatinCaesar
  2. Proto-Germanic*kaisaraz
  3. Proto-Slavic*cěsařь
  4. Old East Slavicцѣсарь (cěsarĭ)
  5. Old East Slavicцьсарь (cĭsarĭ)
  6. Russianцарь (carʹ)
  7. Englishtsar
  8. English todaytsarish

From tsar + -ish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.