Etymology of the English word tyrant
the English word
tyrantderived from the Old French word
tyrantderived from the Latin word
tyrannus (tyrant; despot; monarch)
derived from the Greek word
turannos, τύραννος
Date
The earliest known usage of tyrant in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
Catalan
tirá, Dutch
tiran, French
tyran, German
Tyrann, Italian
tiranno, Norwegian
tyrann, Spanish
tirano, Swedish
tyrannUsage
Word found in Modern English
