Where does “regioun” come from?
regioun (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from Latin Aemilia, from Latin aemulus, from Proto-Italic aimelos, from Proto-Italic aimos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.
regioun (Middle English): realm, nation, country; authority, governance;...
Definitions
- realm, nation, country; authority, governance;...
Ancestry of “regioun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | regiun | region |
| 2 | Latin | regiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | Aemilia | — |
| 4 | Latin | aemulus | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | aimelos | striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | aimos | imitation |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eym- | to copy, imitate |
Words derived from “regioun”