dynasty English · revision 15333

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1460|origins=grc δύναμαι}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈdɪnəsti/ ''(UK)''; /ˈdaɪnəsti/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|dynastie]], [[bor|frm|dynastie]] or [[la-lat|dynastīa]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[grc|δυναστεία|tr=dunasteía|t=power, lordship]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|grc|δυνάστης|tr=dunástēs|t=ruler, chief]] (see [[dynast]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|grc|δύναμαι|tr=dúnamai|t=to have power, be able]] (see [[dynamic]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) which is of unknown origin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A succession of rulers of the same line: 1460 in the OED, before 1464 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) It replaced the earlier ''dynastia'', recorded before 1387 in Trevisa's translation of Higden's ''Polychronicon'', probably taken directly from Greek.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the sense of lordship or sovereignty it is from 1613, now rare or obsolete.^(OED 1989) Figurative and transferred uses, as a powerful family that keeps its position for generations, are from 1800.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) Dynast is from the 17th century, and dynastic from 1828.^(Hoad 1986)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1387 – dynastia.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1460 – dynasty, a line of rulers.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1613 – lordship, power (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1800 – a powerful family (figurative).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1828 – dynastic.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A succession of rulers from the same family or line: ''an Egyptian dynasty''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A family or group that keeps power or prominence for several generations.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dynastic]]

+ * [[dynastically]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dynast]]

+ * [[dynamic]]

+ * [[dynamo]]

+ * [[dynamite]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}