Where does “rial” come from?
Rial is an English word for currency derived from Persian ریال, ultimately from Spanish real meaning "royal."
rial (English): The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen;...
Definitions
- The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen;...
Ancestry of “rial”, step by step
rial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ریال
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | ریال | rial |
| 2 | Italian | reale | real; flagship of a fleet personally commanded by... |
| 3 | Spanish | real | real; royal; a quarter of a peseta |
| 4 | Late Latin | realis | actual; real, actual |
| 5 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 6 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |