empereor

Old French

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

References

• “empereor”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.