Proto-Italic

*rēks

‘king’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *rēks.

12 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *rēks, most familiar first.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rēks