Etymology

tsarship

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Today it means: The rank of a tsar; czarship. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English tsar ← Russian царь (carʹ)
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The story

  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. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  9. English todaytsarship

From tsar + -ship.

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