Where does “里亞爾” come from?

里亞爾 (Chinese) comes from Persian ریال, from Italian reale, from Spanish real, from Late Latin realis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

里亞爾 (Chinese): rial; riyal

Definitions

  1. rial; riyal

Ancestry of “里亞爾”, step by step

里亞爾 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ریال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianریالrial
2Italianrealereal; flagship of a fleet personally commanded by...
3Spanishrealreal; royal; a quarter of a peseta
4Late Latinrealisactual; real, actual
5Latinrēsthing, object, stuff
6Latinvindicatiocivil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
7Latinvindicōto lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
8Latinvindexclaimant, vindicator
9Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
10Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
11Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
12Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
13Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
15Latincalceusshoe
16Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
17Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Arabic رِيَال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicرِيَالriyal
2PortugueseRealtrue, real
3Old Portuguesereal
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-
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