Etymology of the English word stadholder
the English word
stadholderderived from the English word
partialderived from the Latin word
harmonicus (harmonious; of harmony, natural proportion)
derived from the Greek word
harmonikos, ἁρμονικός
derived from the Greek word
harmonia, ἁρμονία
derived from the Greek word
harmos, ἁρμός
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ar-derived from the Greek word
armozo, ἁρμόζω (to joint; to woo (reflexively, to betroth))
using the Greek suffix
-icumDate
The earliest known usage of stadholder in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
