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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Prinz

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Prinz
Friedrich Kluge2510522An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Prinz1891John Francis Davis

Prinz, m., ‘prince (of the blood),’ from MidHG. prinze, m., ‘prince (sovereign ruler)’; borrowed in the 13th cent. from the equiv. Fr. prince (whence also E. prince, Ital. prence), which is derived from Lat. princeps.