Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England), a county having a name ending in -shire. · The people living in a shire (noun sense 1.1) considered collectively. · The general area in which a person comes from or lives. · An administrative area or district in other countries.
The noun is derived from Middle English schire (“region, shire, county”) [and other forms], from Old English sċīr (“administrative region under an alderman and sheriff, shire; district under a governor or official; status of an official, office”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *skīru (“district; status of an official, office”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Latin cūra (“care, concern; administration, charge, management; command, office”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed; to see”). The verb is derived from the noun.
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- Root classification mention*kʷeys-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionschireenm · region, shire, county
- Inherited-form mentionsċīrang · administrative region under an alderman and sheriff, shire; district under a governor or official; status of an official, office
- Inherited-form mention*skīrugmw-pro · district; status of an official, office
- Cognate mentioncūrala · care, concern; administration, charge, management; command, office
- Inherited-form mention*kʷeys-ine-pro · to heed; to see
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