chancellor (title of a head of government) · ellipsis of Reichskanzler · chancellor (kind of secretary)
çekim: çoğul Kanzlern · tamlayan Kanzlers
eş: Bundeskanzler, Reichskanzler
köken: From Middle High German kanzelære, from Old High German canzilāri (ca. 900), borrowed from Late Latin cancellārius, derived from Latin cancellus. By surface analysis, Kanzel + -er, but semantically pertaining more closely to Kanzlei (itself derived from the former). Compare English chancellor. The use for a head of government developed in a monarchic context from that for a senior administrator.…
A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice. · A chancellor, a civil servant assisting a judge or a court · The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
çekim: çoğul canciḍḍera
köken: By surface analysis, canceḍḍu + -eri. Or from an earlier *kanzilleri, derived from a iotic metathesis of Late Latin cancellārius (“gatekeeper”), ultimately from cancellus + -arius. Cognate with Catalan canceller, German Kanzler, Italian cancelliere, Portuguese chanceler, Spanish canciller, English chancellor.