Etymograph

English

generalcy

From general + -cy.

A compound of general + -cy

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’

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Latin genus ‘class, kind’

Latin generālis ‘general’

Anglo-Norman general

Middle English general ‘universal’

English general

Today it means

noun The rank or office of a general.

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

Etymograph / generalcy