Etymology of the English word sovereign
the English word
sovereignderived from the Old French word
soverainderived from the Vulgar Latin word
superanusderived from the Classical Latin word
super (above)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperDate
The earliest known usage of sovereign in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
Dutch
soeverein, French
souverain, German
souverän, Italian
sovrano, Lithuanian
suverenus, Norwegian
suverén, Russian
cyвepeнный, Swedish
suveränUsage
Word found in Modern English
