richdom
English
noun
Definitions
- Wealth; riches; richness; prosperity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English richedom inherited from Old English rīċedōm (dominion, kingly rule, power, rule) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rīkijadōmaz (wealth, power) suffix from English rich.
Origin
English
rich
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Richmond English
- antirich English
- generich English
- megarich English
- nonrich English
- overrich English
- rich English
- rich-kid English
- richen English
- richer English
- richish English
- richling English
- richly English
- richness English
- richweed English
- semirich English
- superrich English
- ultrarich English
- unrich English
- Einfallsreichtum German
- Reichtum German
- reich German
- rijk Dutch, Flemish
- rijkdom Dutch, Flemish
- soortenrijkdom Dutch, Flemish
- riche French
- *rīkijadōmaz Proto-Germanic
- rik Swedish
- rikedom Swedish
- ricedom Old English
- rīċedōm Old English
- riche Middle English
- richedom Middle English
- ríkdómr Old Norse
- rig Danish
- rigdom Danish
- riĉa Esperanto
- rijcdoem Middle Dutch
- rijcdom Middle Dutch
- rīhhituom Old High German
- rykdom Afrikaans
- rīchtuom Middle High German
- *rīkdōm Old Dutch
- rīkdōm Old Saxon
- rīkedōmber Old Swedish
- rīkedōm Old Frisian
- Riekdum Saterland Frisian
- riek Saterland Frisian