The story
- Middle French · derived fromviscounté
- Middle English · inherited fromviscountie
- English todayviscounty
From Middle English viscountie, from Middle French viscounté; equivalent to viscount + -y.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
viscounty
Today it means: The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official Full definition →
Middle English viscountie ← Middle French viscounté