Words that come from Proto-Indo-European rēy-

400 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European rēy- — including real, religious, ready, response, religion, re, reality, reply.

See the etymology of rēy- itself →

English (268)

French (29)

Italian (24)

Latin (23)

Middle French (9)

Catalan (5)

Dutch (4)

Esperanto (4)

Icelandic (4)

Galician (3)

Ido (3)

Polish (3)

Arabic (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Russian (2)

Asturian (2)

Swedish (1)

Ladin (1)

Danish (1)

Faroese (1)

Czech (1)

Latvian (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Hungarian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Greek (1)