soverain

Middle English

Adjective

soverain

Alternative form of sovereyn

Noun

soverain

Alternative form of sovereyn

Old French

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super.

Adjective

soverain m (oblique and nominative feminine singular soveraine)

sovereign
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
  que par Deu, le soverain pere,
  cui ge voldroie m'ame randre,
  That by God, the sovereign father
  to whom I wish to give my soul

Descendants

English: sovereign (borrowed)
French: souverain

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