Etymology of the English word mayoralty
the English word
mayoraltyderived from the Old French word
mairaltederived from the Anglo-Norman word
mairaltederived from the Old French word
mairederived from the Medieval Latin word
maior (ancestors; mayor)
derived from the Latin word
magnus (large; full, complete, utter; great; mighty; distinguished; large, great, big)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*meg- (great)
Date
The earliest known usage of mayoralty in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
