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"King" is derived from Old English "cyning". Some similar words (Tsar and Kaiser, for example) derive from "Caesar", but "king" isn't one of them.
by violiner 5y ago
"King" is derived from Old English "cyning". Some similar words (Tsar and Kaiser, for example) derive from "Caesar", but "king" isn't one of them.
- Jtsummers 5y agoYou beat me to it. Only fresh in my mind because of the Anglo-Saxon and Latin discussions also on the front page right now (I'd grabbed a couple books off the shelf and was trying to read them, I've forgotten a lot in 15 years and didn't make it far).
- violiner 5y agoHigh fives none the less.