English
gubernium
Gubernium comes from Medieval Latin gubernium ‘government, guidance’, and goes back to Ancient Greek κυβερνάω.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκυβερνάωkubernáō‘to guide, govern, direct’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgubernō‘to govern’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500gubernium‘government, guidance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1863gubernium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκυβερνάωkubernáō‘to guide, govern, direct’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgubernō‘to govern’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500gubernium‘government, guidance’
- Englishearliest quotation 1863gubernium
Earliest quotation: 1863, E. S., Preface: “In the western guberniums, such as Wilna, Podolia, Minsk,…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek κύρβεις ‘turnable wooden cylinders’
through Ancient Greek κυβερνάω ‘to guide, govern, direct’
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through Latin gubernō ‘to govern’
Today it means
noun Synonym of guberniya.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κυβερνάω / gubernium