royal
Middle English
/ˈrɔi̯al/
adj
Definitions
- royal, of a king,
- kinglike, reminiscent of a king
- majestic, appropriate for a king, kingly
- opulent, expensive, fine
- noble, princely
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French roial derived from Latin rēgālis (royal, regal, kingly).
Origin
Latin
rēgālis
Gloss
royal, regal, kingly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Port Royal English
- antiroyal English
- non-royal English
- nonroyal English
- royal English
- royalet English
- royalise English
- royalism English
- royalist English
- royalistic English
- royalization English
- royalize English
- royally English
- royalness English
- royalty English
- superroyal English
- surroyal English
- unroyal English
- *rēgālitās Latin
- regaliter Latin
- rēgālis Latin
- royaal Dutch, Flemish
- real Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Indo-European
- røyl Norwegian Bokmål
- roial Middle English
- royalte Middle English
- regal Old French
- roial Old French
- roialté Old French
- reial Catalan, Valencian
- real Galician
- regal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- roial Middle French
- reial Occitan
- reâl Friulian
- reial xno