Etymograph

English

archduke

Archduke comes from Latin archidux ‘archduke, chief duke or prince’, and goes back to dux.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdux‘duke’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarchidux‘archduke, chief duke or prince’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600archeduc
  4. Englishtodayarchduke

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdux‘duke’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarchidux‘archduke, chief duke or prince’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600archeduc
  4. Englishtodayarchduke

Formed from arch- + duke

Ancient Greek ἄρχω ‘to be ruler’

English arch-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull’

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Latin dūcō ‘to lead’

Latin dux ‘leader’

Old French duc ‘duke’

Middle English duk ‘duke’

English duke

Linked words

through Latin dux ‘duke’

education, educate, educator, doge, duchy, duce, ducal, dux, dukedom, 7 more

Today it means

noun The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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

Etymograph / Latin dux / archduke

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