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English word sovereign comes from Proto-Indo-European *eḱs, Latin -anus, Latin *eks-uper, Proto-Indo-European *uperi, and later Old French (842-ca. 1400) soverain (Sovereign.)
*eḱs (Proto-Indo-European)
out of , out, out of
-anus (Latin)
Of or pertaining to; -ian; usually indicates a relationship of position, possession, or origin.
*eks-uper (Latin)
*uperi (Proto-Indo-European)
super (Latin)
Accusative [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to. Accusative [of place] above, beyond. Accusative [of place] above, on the top of, upon.
*superānus (Vulgar Latin)
*superanus (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) sovereign, chief (Vulgar Latin) sovereign, chief, lord, ruler, etc.
soverain (Old French)
Sovereign.
sovereign (English)
(UK, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.. A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.. A monarch; the ruler of a country.. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and [...]