Proto-Indo-European

*h₃rḗǵs

‘king’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs, most familiar first.

• real ← rēgālis ← rēx ← *rēks
• rich ← riche ← rīċe ← *rīkī ← *rīkijaz
• royal ← roial ← rēgālis ← rēx ← *rēks
• roy ← roi ← rēx ← *rēks
• rex ← *rēks
• riches ← riche ← rīċe ← *rīkī ← *rīkiją
• regal ← rēgālis ← rex ← *rēks
• richness ← richenesse ← riche ← rīċe ← *rīkī
• rani ← राज्ञी ← *h₃rḗǵnih₂
• regalia ← regalie ← rēgālis ← rēx ← *rēks
• rajah ← राजा ← राजन् ← *Hrā́ȷ́ā ← *Hrā́ȷ́ā
• eldritch ← rīċe ← *rīkī ← *rīkiją ← *rīgyom

More words from *h₃rḗǵs

• riel
• regality
• interrex
• regian
• roytelet
• subregnum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs