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minus-squareShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoInteresting, where do you get the pronunciation from though? I always thought it was somehow related to the notion of seize the throne, thus see-zer.
minus-squarecenotaph@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWell, you see, in ancient rome they spoke Latin instead of english. The roman Caesar is the origin of both the german Kaiser and the Russian Tsar/Czar. Kai-sar was how it would be pronounced in latin
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt was his family name well before he took the throne.
Interesting, where do you get the pronunciation from though? I always thought it was somehow related to the notion of seize the throne, thus see-zer.
Well, you see, in ancient rome they spoke Latin instead of english. The roman Caesar is the origin of both the german Kaiser and the Russian Tsar/Czar. Kai-sar was how it would be pronounced in latin
It was his family name well before he took the throne.