English
empressment
From empress + -ment.
Formed from empress + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-
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Latin imperō ‘to command, order’
Latin imperatrix ‘a female ruler of an empire, empress’
Old French empereriz
Middle English emperice ‘an empress’
English empress
Today it means
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Etymograph / empressment