Etymograph

English

empirehood

From empire + -hood.

Formed from empire + -hood

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to grant’

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Latin imperō ‘command’

Latin imperium ‘the empire’

Old French empire

Middle English empire ‘emperorship’

English empire

Today it means

noun The state of being an empire.

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

Etymograph / empirehood