Editing Palatine (section)

==Derivative terms==
The different spellings originate from the different languages that used the title throughout the ages (a phenomenon called [[lenition]]).  The word "palatine" evolved from the [[Latin]] word ''palatinus'', asserting a connection to the [[Palatine Hill]], where the house of the Roman emperor was situated since [[Augustus]] (hence "[[palace]]").<ref>Brockhaus Encyclopedia, Mannheim 2004, ''paladin''</ref> The meaning of the term hardly changed, since [[Latin]] was the dominant language in medieval writing. But its spelling slightly changed in European languages: Latin ''palatinus'', plural ''palatini'' was still an office in [[Merovingian]] times, today referred to as the [[Count Palatine]]. The word became in French ''palaisin'', and with the [[Norman dynasty]] entered the English language as ''palatine''. The word [[paladin]], referring to one of the legendary Twelve Peers of [[Charlemagne]] in the [[Matter of France]], is also related.<ref>[http://dictionary.oed.com.dax.lib.unf.edu/cgi/entry/50169459?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=paladin&first=1&max_to_show=10 "Paladin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429210212/http://dictionary.oed.com.dax.lib.unf.edu/cgi/entry/50169459?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=paladin&first=1&max_to_show=10 |date=2021-04-29 }}. From the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''. Retrieved November 19, 2008.</ref>

The word ''palatinus'' and its derivatives also translate the titles of certain great functionaries in eastern Europe, such as the [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] [[voivode]], a military governor of a province. In [[Poland]] the title of ''Palatyn'' (''Comes Palatinus'') has merged with that of ''Wojewoda'' (''Dux Exercituum'').