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Where does “royalization” come from?

royalization (English) comes from English royal, from Middle English royal, from Old French roial, from Latin rēgālis, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Italic rēks, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

royalization (English): The act or process of royalizing; making royal

Definitions

  1. The act or process of royalizing; making royal

Ancestry of “royalization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroyalOf or relating to a monarch or their family;...
2Middle Englishroyalroyal, of a king; kinglike, reminiscent of a...
3Old Frenchroialroyal
4Latinrēgālis—
5Latinrēx—
6Proto-Italicrēksking
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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