archidux

== Latin == === Etymology === archi- (“arch-, highest”) +‎ dux (“duke”). First attested in the 10th century in reference to Bruno the Great, who ruled simultaneously as an archbishop and a duke, but only current after revival by Rudolf IV of Austria in a forged document, the Privilegium Maius (1358–1359), to justify claims of precedence over other princes of the Holy Roman Empire. === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈar.ki.duks] === Noun === archidux m (genitive archiducis); third declension (Medieval Latin) archduke, chief duke or prince ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== archiducātus ducātus dux ==== Descendants ==== → German: Erzherzog (calque) → Middle French: archeduc French: archiduc → English: archduke === References === "archidux", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) archidux in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “archidux”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill archidux in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016