Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. · A person with great power; an autocrat.
Etymology tree Latin Caesarbor. Proto-Germanic *kaisarazder. Proto-Slavic *cěsařь Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ) Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ) Russian царь (carʹ)bor. English tsar Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Caesar and Kaiser. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Medieval Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "ru:царь<id:Q44356>",
"id": "Q44356",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin Caesarbor.\nProto-Germanic *kaisarazder.\nProto-Slavic *cěsařь\nOld East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ)\nOld East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ)\nRussian царь (carʹ)bor.\nEnglish tsar\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"Q44356\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"emperor\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"emperor\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"Caesar\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*kaisaraz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Slavic\", \"term\" : \"*cěsařь\", \"lang\" : \"sla-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old East Slavic\", \"term\" : \"цѣсарь\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"orv\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old East Slavic\", \"term\" : \"цьсарь\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"orv\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Russian\", \"term\" : \"царь\", \"lang\" : \"ru\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"tsar\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-id=\"Q44356\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"tsar\" id=\"English:_Q44356\">"
},
{
"name": "bor",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ru",
"3": "царь"
},
"expansion": "Russian царь (carʹ)"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "orv",
"3": "цьсарь"
},
"expansion": "Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ)"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sla-pro",
"3": "*cěsařь"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Slavic *cěsařь"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem"
},
"expansion": "Germanic"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*kaisaraz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Caesar"
},
"expansion": "Latin Caesar"
},
{
"name": "doublet",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Caesar",
"3": "Kaiser"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Caesar and Kaiser"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "gkm",
"2": "Τζαῖσαρ"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar)"
},
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":bor",
"3": "ru:царь<id:Q44356>",
"id": "Q44356",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin Caesarbor.\nProto-Germanic *kaisarazder.\nProto-Slavic *cěsařь\nOld East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ)\nOld East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ)\nRussian царь (carʹ)bor.\nEnglish tsar"
}
],
"links": [
[
"Caesar",
"Caesar#Latin"
],
[
"*kaisaraz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz#Proto-Germanic:_emperor"
],
[
"*cěsařь",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěsařь#Proto-Slavic:_emperor"
],
[
"цѣсарь",
"цѣсарь#Old_East_Slavic"
],
[
"цьсарь",
"цьсарь#Old_East_Slavic"
],
[
"царь",
"царь#Russian:_Q44356"
],
[
"царь",
"царь#Russian"
],
[
"цьсарь",
"цьсарь#Old_East_Slavic"
],
[
"*cěsařь",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěsařь"
],
[
"*kaisaraz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaisaraz"
],
[
"Caesar",
"Caesar#Latin"
],
[
"Caesar",
"Caesar#English"
],
[
"Kaiser",
"Kaiser#English"
],
[
"czar",
"czar#English"
],
[
"Τζαῖσαρ",
"Τζαῖσαρ#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [
{
"lang_code": "inc-hnd",
"lang": "Hindustani",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"word": "ज़ार",
"roman": "zār"
},
{
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"word": "त्सार",
"roman": "tsār"
},
{
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"word": "زار",
"roman": "zār"
},
{
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"word": "تسار",
"roman": "tsār"
}
]
},
{
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"word": "sár",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
]
},
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"word": "ツァー",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"roman": "tsā"
}
],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.",
"A person with great power; an autocrat."
],
"tags": [
"historical",
"figuratively"
],
"recordId": "f9a46029f32986e75cdf76b2835c4ca9b405d1ac6cc702372795a280ee76684b",
"rawRecordSha256": "05814e00b503b7d519a0a744d22fc699a5c3848522ccc5def18fa66ee6bcb303",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 160266
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}