English
United Kingdom
From united + kingdom, first attested from 1706.
A compound of united + kingdom
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to beget’
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Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz ‘realm’
Proto-West Germanic *kuningadōm
Old English cyningdōm ‘royal power or authority’
Middle English kingdom
English kingdom
first attested From united + kingdom, first attested from 1706 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
From united + kingdom, first attested from 1706.
Today it means
name A kingdom and country in Northern Europe, comprising the four countries of England, Scotland and Wales on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland since 1922.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / United Kingdom