English
harbingership
From harbinger + -ship.
Formed from harbinger + -ship
Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu ‘shelter, army camp, barracks’
Old High German heribergan
Old French herbergier ‘to set up camp’
Old French herbergeor ‘host’
Middle English herberjour ‘a host’
English harbinger
Today it means
noun The role or status of a harbinger.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / harbingership