Where does “réalité” come from?

réalité (French) comes from Middle French realité, from Medieval Latin realitas, from Late Latin realis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

réalité (French): reality

Definitions

reality

Ancestry of “réalité”, step by step

réalité traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French realité

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	realité	property, possession
2	Medieval Latin	realitas	reality
3	Late Latin	realis	actual; real, actual
4	Latin	rēs	thing, object, stuff
5	Latin	vindicatio	civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
6	Latin	vindicō	to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
7	Latin	vindex	claimant, vindicator
8	Latin	dīcō	to say, talk, speak, utter, mention
9	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
10	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
11	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
12	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
13	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14	Latin	calceus	shoe
15	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
16	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Latin reālitās

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	reālitās	reality
2	Latin	-tās	ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
3	Proto-Indo-European	-teh₂ts	Used to form nouns representing state of being
4	Proto-Indo-European	-teh₂	Used to form nouns representing state of being
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tós	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “réalité”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →