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Arnoldjrmmer · 56-60, M
Sheriff is derived from the old English word scīrgerēfa (middle English Shire reeve)
Marshal comes to English by way of high German (via the French) word marahscal - the servant that tends the horses.
Spelling oddities usuall come out of what path the word took to end up in the English language.
Marshal comes to English by way of high German (via the French) word marahscal - the servant that tends the horses.
Spelling oddities usuall come out of what path the word took to end up in the English language.
