Etymology of the English word chiefdom
the English word
chiefdomderived from the English word
chiefderived from the Old French word
chefderived from the Old French word
chiefderived from the Latin word
caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kaput- (head)
using the English suffix
-domUsage
Word found in Modern English
