Latin

rex

‘king’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin rex.

12 English words in this record descend from Latin rex, most familiar first.

• real ← rēgālis
• royal ← roial ← rēgālis
• roy ← roi
• rex
• regal ← rēgālis
• regalia ← regalie ← rēgālis
• riel ← រៀល ← real ← real ← rēgālis
• regality ← regalite ← rēgālitās ← rēgālis
• interrex
• regian ← regius
• roytelet ← roitelet ← roi ← roy ← roi
• subregnum ← rēgnum ← *rēgnus

Etymograph / Latin rex