Where does “réal” come from?
réal (Irish) comes from Spanish real, from Late Latin realis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
réal (Irish): real; sixpenny bit, sixpence; make clear,...
Definitions
- real; sixpenny bit, sixpence; make clear,...
Ancestry of “réal”, step by step
réal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish real
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | real | real; royal; a quarter of a peseta |
| 2 | Late Latin | realis | actual; real, actual |
| 3 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 4 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 5 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 6 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Old Irish rélaid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | rélaid | — |