empereor

Old French

Alternative forms

Alternative forms
  • emperador, emperaor, emperedor, emperedur, empereeur, empereoir, empereour, empereur, emperour, emperur, empreur, empriour
    • amperedor, ampereor, anpereeur
    • enperaor, enperatouor, enperedor, enpereor, enpereour, enpereur, enperreour
    • emperors, emperours, emperus (backformed nominative singular)
  • emperaire, empereire, emperere, empereres, emperes, emperier, emperiere, emperieres (original nominative singular)
    • amperere, ampereres, amperiere, anparere, anperere, anpereres
    • enperere, enpereres, enperiere, inperer
      • inper (haplology?)

Etymology

From Latin imperātōrem. Attested since the eleventh century. Synchronically derivable from emperer +‎ -eor.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /empəɾəˈðoːɾ/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /ampəɾəˈou̯ɾ/
  • (late) IPA(key): /ampəɾ(ə)ˈeu̯ɾ/

Noun

empereor oblique singular, m (oblique plural empereors, nominative singular emperere, nominative plural empereor)

  1. emperor, commander

Descendants

  • Angevin: emperour
  • Bourguignon: emperor
  • Middle French: empereur
  • Norman: empéreu (Jersey)
  • → Middle English: emperour
  • Picard: impreur
  • Walloon: impreur

References

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