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imperator
Latin · ancient
"a commander"
a commander, from imperare (to command)
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empereor
Old French · medieval
"a supreme ruler"
carried into French as the title for a supreme ruler
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emperor
English · 1200s
"the ruler of an empire"
settled as the English word for the ruler of an empire
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