Etymograph

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Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern comes from German Kaiser ‘emperor’, and goes back to Latin Caesar.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CECaesar
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kaisaraz‘emperor (of Rome)’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kaisar‘emperor’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050keisar‘emperor’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350keiser‘emperor’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentKaiser‘emperor’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentKaiserslautern
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CECaesar
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kaisaraz‘emperor (of Rome)’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kaisar‘emperor’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050keisar‘emperor’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350keiser‘emperor’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentKaiser‘emperor’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentKaiserslautern
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz ‘emperor (of Rome)’

tsar, czar, 5 more

Today it means

name An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in southwestern Germany.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin Caesar / Kaiserslautern

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