Where does “real” come from?
real (Middle French) comes from Old French reel, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
real (Middle French): royal; Alternative form of royal
Definitions
- royal; Alternative form of royal
Ancestry of “real”, step by step
real traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French reel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | reel | — |
| 2 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 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 French real
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | real | royal; Alternative form of roial |
| 2 | Old French | regiel | — |
| 3 | Latin | regalis | regal, royal; of or pertaining to a king |
| 4 | Latin | rex | king, ruler; despot, tyrant; king |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rēks | king |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |