myEtymology.com: English etymology of generalship

Etymology of the English word generalship

the English word generalship

derived from the English word general

derived from the Latin word generalis (general; general, generic; shared by)

derived from the Latin word genus (birth, descent, origin; noble birth; kind, sort)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *genə-

using the English suffix -ship

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-skapaz