English
Reyna
Reyna comes from Old Spanish reyna ‘queen’, and goes back to Latin rēgīna.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēgīna‘queen’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500reyna‘queen’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentReyna
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēgīna‘queen’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500reyna‘queen’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentReyna
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
right, real, source, rule, director, rich, royal, region, direction, regular, address, direct, correct, dress, rank, arrangement, roy, radar, regime, arrange, rack, rogue, regulate, resurrection, interrogation, raj, ana, rex, rake, erect, regent, rector, regal, insurrection, regency, rani, anorexia, rectify, rectum, rajah, 107 more
Today it means
name A surname from Spanish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rēgīna / Reyna