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dynasty
Dynasty comes from Late Latin dynastia ‘rule, dominion’, from Ancient Greek δῠνᾰ́στης ‘ruler, petty ruler’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit together’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit together’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδύναμαι‘be able’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδῠνᾰ́στης‘ruler, petty ruler’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδυναστείαdunasteía‘power, dominion’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdynastia‘rule, dominion’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dynastie
- Englishearliest quotation 2016dynasty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit together’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδύναμαι‘be able’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδῠνᾰ́στης‘ruler, petty ruler’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδυναστείαdunasteía‘power, dominion’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdynastia‘rule, dominion’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dynastie
- Englishearliest quotation 2016dynasty
Earliest quotation: 2016, Criss Jami: “To the loyal and to the blood-lovers, in the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit together’
down, town, beautiful, ben, tool, beauty, bonus, teen, beneficial, rebel, optimal, boo, tow, bonnie, optimism, beau, boon, beneficiary, dun, revel, bello, bona, bene, bonny, tine, dynamically, thermodynamic, dynamo, dynamical, taw, bauble, bellicose, bonbon, hydrodynamic, psychodynamic, hemodynamic, biodynamic, 91 more
through Proto-Hellenic *dunamai
Today it means
noun A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- / dynasty