English
Rey
Rey comes from Spanish Rey.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentRey
- Englishearliest quotation 2004same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentRey
- Englishearliest quotation 2004same form
Earliest quotation: 2004, David Mitchell, Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery: “The elevator doors close just as Luisa Rey reaches…”
The story
Multiple origins; in most cases borrowed from Spanish Rey.
Every English word from Spanish Rey
Today it means
name A surname from Spanish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Rey / Rey