emperor

Japanese: empereur
emperor

…(1) Imperator comes from the Latin imperare, meaning “to command.” It was first used primarily to refer to the person with the highest command authority over the military, and was used by Augustus as part of his title (imperator caesar). From this, for example, modern French empereur and Welsh ymerawdwr are derived. In the Middle Ages, imperator was equated with basileus (see below), which referred to the emperor in the Byzantine Empire. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "empereur" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…(1)imperatorは,〈命令する〉を意味するラテン語imperareに由来し,最初は主として軍隊に対し最高の指揮権をもつ者を指し,アウグストゥスによって,その称号の一部として(imperator caesar)用いられるようになった。ここから,たとえば,現代フランス語のempereur,ウェールズ語のymerawdwrが由来する。imperatorは中世では,ビザンティン帝国で皇帝を指すbasileus(後述)と等置された。…

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