英语词汇sovereignty的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sovereignty
词源	sovereignty n. mid-14c., "pre-eminence," from Anglo-French sovereynete, Old French souverainete, from soverain (see sovereign (adj.)). Meaning "authority, rule, supremacy of power or rank" is recorded from late 14c.; sense of "existence as an independent state" is from 1715. Entries linking to sovereignty sovereign adj. early 14c., of persons, "great, superior, supreme;" mid-14c., "having supreme power;" from Old French soverain "highest, supreme, chief," from Vulgar Latin superanus "chief, principal" (source also of Spanish soberano, Italian soprano), from Latin super "over" (from PIE root uper "over"). Of remedies or medicines, "potent in a high degree," from late 14c. updated on October 29, 2013
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sovereignty n.