duchy

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 208 words | Copyright

duchy XIV. —
i. OF. duché, later form of duchée fem. :- Rom. *ducitās, -tāt-, f. L. dux, duc- (see DUKE and -ITY); and

ii. (O)F. duché m. :- medL. ducātus (see -ATE 1).

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