English

kingmaking

From king + making.

A compound of king + making

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

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Proto-Germanic *kuningaz

Proto-West Germanic *kuning

Old English cening

Middle English king ‘king’

English king

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.

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

Etymograph / kingmaking