presidencia
/pɾesiˈdenθja/ · B2 · noun · f
presidency
🏛️ presidencia = president + -cia (state of); pre- 'before' + sedere 'sit'
Presidencia comes from Latin prae- (before) + sedere (to sit): the one who sits at the front. Add -encia (the state of), and you get the state of being the one who sits first, the presidency.